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type: "Bill"
title: "Commission on African American History and Culture - Alterations (Senator Verda Welcome Act)"
description: "Commission on African American History and Culture - Alterations (Senator Verda Welcome Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 953"
citation: "Maryland SB 953 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e4ff51d-7007-4af1-9c32-e97dbd36aa91"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0953?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e02c90d7bbe881dcb4f129f65412fb73f3635fb514878616abe8fdaa906a96a4"
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 SB 953 (2022) — Commission on African American History and Culture - Alterations (Senator Verda Welcome Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Commission on African American History and Culture - Alterations (Senator Verda Welcome Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_452_sb0953t.pdf)
2. **First - Commission on African American History and Culture - Alterations (Senator Verda Welcome Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0953f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commission on African American History and Culture - Alterations (Senator Verda Welcome Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0953t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1225** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **430** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McCray — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-14** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2022-04-07** Hearing 4/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Hearing canceled
- **2022-04-08** Hearing 4/08 at 1:45 p.m.
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 452 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e4ff51d-7007-4af1-9c32-e97dbd36aa91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).