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type: "Bill"
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title: "Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles"
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description: "Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1444"
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citation: "Maryland HB 1444 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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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"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-07"
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last_action: "2020-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83d3c4d3-38a3-4226-882b-e067f61fb1dc"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1444?ys=2020RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "a75e2344761cdf90a2886b4822730d8d339248e9ce0e35aeb3df79ce20bb0d8e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 1444 (2020) — Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_473_hb1444t.pdf)
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2. **First - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1444f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1444t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **128–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Acevero — primary (person)
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- Anderson — primary (person)
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- Attar — primary (person)
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- Atterbeary — primary (person)
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- Bagnall — primary (person)
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- Barron — primary (person)
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- Bartlett — primary (person)
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- Barve — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Bridges — primary (person)
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- Brooks — primary (person)
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- C. Branch — primary (person)
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- C. Jackson — primary (person)
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- Charkoudian — primary (person)
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- Charles — primary (person)
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- Conaway — primary (person)
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- Crutchfield — primary (person)
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- D. Barnes — primary (person)
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- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
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- Feldmark — primary (person)
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- Harrison — primary (person)
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- Healey — primary (person)
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- Henson — primary (person)
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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- Ivey — primary (person)
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- J. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Kelly — primary (person)
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- Kerr — primary (person)
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- Lierman — primary (person)
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- Lopez — primary (person)
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- Love — primary (person)
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- Luedtke — primary (person)
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- Moon — primary (person)
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- Mosby — primary (person)
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- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
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- Proctor — primary (person)
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- Queen — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
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- Shetty — primary (person)
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- Smith — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Turner — primary (person)
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- W. Fisher — primary (person)
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- Washington — primary (person)
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- Wells — primary (person)
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- Wilkins — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-07** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed
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- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
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- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 473 `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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