republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2020/sb-161.md

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Bill	Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate	Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	SB 161	Maryland SB 161 (2020)	bill		enacted	Augustine Beidle Benson Carter Elfreth Ellis Feldman Griffith Hayes Kagan Lam Lee McCray Patterson Reilly Rosapepe Sydnor Waldstreicher Washington West Zucker	3	14	2	2020-01-13	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/a81a3a66-36dc-4c50-b919-4a6175ab9b13	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0161?ys=2020RS&search=True	ffb857323fe507bc91b599e2620691a82233f3cce57d1c7a4297429ff88ad97f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 161 (2020) — Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of an Item or a Symbol to Threaten or Intimidate (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 128–4 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Augustine — primary (person)
• Beidle — primary (person)
• Benson — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Elfreth — primary (person)
• Ellis — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Kagan — primary (person)
• Lam — primary (person)
• Lee — primary (person)
• McCray — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Reilly — primary (person)
• Rosapepe — primary (person)
• Sydnor — primary (person)
• Waldstreicher — primary (person)
• Washington — primary (person)
• West — primary (person)
• Zucker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-02-10 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-11 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-11 Second Reading Passed
• 2020-02-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-02-14 Referred Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-03-12 Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2020-03-14 Hearing canceled
• 2020-03-14 Favorable Report by Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-14 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-16 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-18 Returned Passed
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 22 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a81a3a66-36dc-4c50-b919-4a6175ab9b13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).