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type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension"
description: "Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Maryland SB 478 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Carter", "Folden", "James", "Kelly", "McKay", "Muse", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cffc7a1-74d2-41a7-8755-433ece7c5890"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0478?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "dfd80259840f8ae808ace05b0b7da23735ebe41f7d43ae9b95f35828386f7c39"
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 478 (2023) — Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_12_sb0478t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0478f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0478t.pdf)
## Sponsors
- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-18** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 12 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cffc7a1-74d2-41a7-8755-433ece7c5890`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).