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type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data"
description: "Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "Maryland HB 244 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel", "Charkoudian", "Crutchfield", "Davis", "Harrison", "J. Lewis", "Moon", "R. Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01f3354d-8675-43c8-82c8-da41dee35351"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0244?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e2dc1d2bac261bc57deecbc22416fc72c8204ce44396bc6f9c5339cc5fa49e27"
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 244 (2022) — Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_541_hb0244t.pdf)
2. **First - Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0244f.pdf)
3. **Third - Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0244t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **11515** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **420** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- R. Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 541 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01f3354d-8675-43c8-82c8-da41dee35351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).