republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-1596.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018"
description: "Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1596"
citation: "Maryland HB 1596 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private Sector Labor and Industry", "Attorneys' Fees", "Civil Rights Commission", "Claims", "Committees and Commissions", "Contracts", "Data", "Discrimination", "Electronic Government", "Federal Government", "Harassment", "Liability", "Public Information", "Reports", "Sexual Offenses", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valderrama"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be85729-1309-4f22-9760-79ba5ced46e8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1596&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "7690c30d0c3a4d3acdad2ea74d645962905531fd497fb662334651b6198e26bd"
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 1596 (2018) — Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1596f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valderrama — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Atterbeary — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Barron — cosponsor (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Branch — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dumais — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Flanagan — cosponsor (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Frick — cosponsor (person)
- Frush — cosponsor (person)
- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hixson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Korman — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Lisanti — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
- McMillan — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Morales — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {353190/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {367375/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-06** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2018-04-06** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-06** Delegates Valderrama, Aumann, and Clippinger
- **2018-04-09** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2018-04-09** Senators Klausmeier, Benson, and Reilly
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 738 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be85729-1309-4f22-9760-79ba5ced46e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).