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type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles"
description: "Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1444"
citation: "Maryland HB 1444 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Anderson", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "Bagnall", "Barron", "Bartlett", "Barve", "Boyce", "Bridges", "Brooks", "C. Branch", "C. Jackson", "Charkoudian", "Charles", "Conaway", "Crutchfield", "D. Barnes", "D.M. Davis", "Feldmark", "Harrison", "Healey", "Henson", "Hettleman", "Ivey", "J. Lewis", "Kelly", "Kerr", "Lierman", "Lopez", "Love", "Luedtke", "Moon", "Mosby", "Pena-Melnyk", "Proctor", "Queen", "R. Lewis", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Smith", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Turner", "W. Fisher", "Washington", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83d3c4d3-38a3-4226-882b-e067f61fb1dc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1444?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a75e2344761cdf90a2886b4822730d8d339248e9ce0e35aeb3df79ce20bb0d8e"
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 1444 (2020) — Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_473_hb1444t.pdf)
2. **First - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1444f.pdf)
3. **Third - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1444t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1282** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Acevero — primary (person)
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Bridges — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Branch — primary (person)
- C. Jackson — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Luedtke — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- Mosby — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 473 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83d3c4d3-38a3-4226-882b-e067f61fb1dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).