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type: "Bill"
title: "Workplace Harassment Prohibitions, Liability, Enforcement, and Prevention Training"
description: "Workplace Harassment Prohibitions, Liability, Enforcement, and Prevention Training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 679"
citation: "Maryland HB 679 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - General Assembly", "Human Relations", "Age of Majority", "Civil Actions", "Commission on Civil Rights", "Claims", "Communications", "Contractors", "Disabilities", "Discrimination", "Elderly Persons", "Ethnic Affairs", "Examinations", "Gender", "General Services", "Department of", "Harassment", "Human Rights", "Internet", "Job Training", "Legislative Services", "Department of", "Liability", "Lobbying", "Minorities", "News Media", "Public Buildings and Facilities", "Public Officials", "Religion", "Retirement Systems", "Sexual Offenses", "Sexual Orientation", "State House", "State Universities and Colleges", "Telecommunications and Information Technology", "Time", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["The Speaker (By Request - Workplace Harassment Commission) and Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69d5a160-1205-453f-95c9-0c1724122e3c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB679&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "dfe9624e8b302d065ef3f4e31615b37e210b85d8f3c23a11bb5d8ce01352fcee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland HB 679 (2019) — Workplace Harassment Prohibitions, Liability, Enforcement, and Prevention Training
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0679f.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **1380** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- The Speaker (By Request - Workplace Harassment Commission) and Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-07** First Reading Appropriations and House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2019-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Favorable with Amendments {924964/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {787873/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 222 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69d5a160-1205-453f-95c9-0c1724122e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).