republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-700.md

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Bill	Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Group Victim	Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Group Victim	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 700	Maryland HB 700 (2018)	bill	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Crimes and Punishments Discrimination Harassment	enacted	Sydnor	1	13	2	2018-01-30	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/437c7625-bb37-4253-9460-18c2aced92d5	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB700&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	cb9d89f6c4a2de875fb846d5b2d80069dcdb0b9d594a6a7168d76ec08112e9e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 700 (2018) — Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Group Victim

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 131–6 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sydnor — primary (person)
• A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
• Barron — cosponsor (person)
• Beidle — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Carey — cosponsor (person)
• Chang — cosponsor (person)
• Conaway — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Haynes — cosponsor (person)
• Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
• Kipke — cosponsor (person)
• Knotts — cosponsor (person)
• M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
• Morales — cosponsor (person)
• P. Young — cosponsor (person)
• Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
• Proctor — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
• Stein — cosponsor (person)
• Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-01-31 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-30 Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-05 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-06 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-06 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-03-08 Third Reading Passed (131-6) passage
• 2018-03-09 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Second Reading Passed
• 2018-04-04 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2018-04-05 Returned Passed
• 2018-05-08 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 498 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/437c7625-bb37-4253-9460-18c2aced92d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).