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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties"
description: "Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Maryland HB 128 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-10-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93cd9784-2ed3-4dde-a55f-cd0c576297c4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0128?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2df85851822c1223bbe6ff98abee40eb8cb7776cc239de0d6794d768b5cb2513"
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 128 (2021) — Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_385_hb0128t.pdf)
2. **First - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0128f.pdf)
3. **Third - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0128t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **12613** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Long /703125/1 — **4789** (fail) · lower
- On third reading — **470** (pass) · upper
- Floor Amendment Simonaire /373820/1 — **1631** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stewart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-10-29** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Long) Adopted
- **2021-03-10** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 385 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93cd9784-2ed3-4dde-a55f-cd0c576297c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).