republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2019/sb-232.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Hate Crimes – Threats	Hate Crimes – Threats	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2019	SB 232	Maryland SB 232 (2019)	bill	Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes Human Relations Crimes and Punishments Discrimination Education Ethnic Affairs Penalties and Sentences Religion Threats Volunteers	enacted	Kramer	1	14	2	2019-01-25	2019-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/877e47f6-93df-4e9f-b128-4c73e9c2ae51	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB232&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs	72dc0ea8afb5d58b5c90b567d182f7b0e2008f060276b0c4589f38bfb88c7cc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 232 (2019) — Hate Crimes – Threats

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 — 137–2 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kramer — primary (person)
• Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Hester — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Ready — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
• Washington — cosponsor (person)
• West — cosponsor (person)
• Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-25 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 Hearing 2/12 at 12:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-11 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 Favorable with Amendments {828679/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-12 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2019-03-14 Third Reading Passed (46-0) passage
• 2019-03-14 First Reading Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2019-03-29 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-29 Favorable Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-29 Second Reading Passed
• 2019-04-02 Third Reading Passed (137-2) passage
• 2019-04-03 Returned Passed
• 2019-04-18 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 29 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/877e47f6-93df-4e9f-b128-4c73e9c2ae51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).