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Bill	Discrimination – Definition of Race – Hair Texture and Hairstyles	Discrimination – Definition of Race – Hair Texture and Hairstyles	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2020	SB 531	Maryland SB 531 (2020)	bill		enacted	Augustine Benson Carter Cassilly Ellis Feldman Griffith Guzzone Hayes Hester Hettleman Lam Lee McCray Patterson Peters Ready Smith Sydnor Waldstreicher Washington West Zucker	4	16	4	2020-01-30	2020-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/67683481-a406-41f5-b00e-5590eebc99e6	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0531?ys=2020RS&search=True	1050d926310b1c10d3dcf031404ea3a1d3c57b72c87efcc4c3316ac8873c8ca0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 531 (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
2. Enrolled - Discrimination – Definition of Race – Hair Texture and Hairstyles (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Discrimination - Definition of Race - Hair Texture and Hairstyles (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Discrimination on the Basis of Race – Hair Texture and Hairstyles (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — 132–2 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• On third reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — 130–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Augustine — primary (person)
• Benson — primary (person)
• Carter — primary (person)
• Cassilly — primary (person)
• Ellis — primary (person)
• Feldman — primary (person)
• Griffith — primary (person)
• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Hayes — primary (person)
• Hester — primary (person)
• Hettleman — primary (person)
• Lam — primary (person)
• Lee — primary (person)
• McCray — primary (person)
• Patterson — primary (person)
• Peters — primary (person)
• Ready — primary (person)
• Smith — 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.

• 2020-01-30 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Hearing 2/18 at 12:00 p.m.
• 2020-02-24 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-25 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-25 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-02-27 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-02-28 Referred Health and Government Operations referral-committee
• 2020-03-15 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-15 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-15 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2020-03-15 Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Rosenberg) Adopted
• 2020-03-15 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-16 Senate Concurs House Amendments
• 2020-03-16 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2020-03-16 Passed Enrolled
• 2020-05-08 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 474 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67683481-a406-41f5-b00e-5590eebc99e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).