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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Relations - Violations of County Discrimination Laws - Complaints"
description: "Human Relations - Violations of County Discrimination Laws - Complaints"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 694"
citation: "Maryland SB 694 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86e7702f-d57a-4dcd-8cbe-565ac3d59710"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0694?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "bf3374ce03a2ee54c5d1f42c99471b9541e73f8b7e068bac45bd1d1f0710f552"
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 694 (2026) — Human Relations - Violations of County Discrimination Laws - Complaints
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Human Relations - Violations of County Discrimination Laws - Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_172_sb0694t.pdf)
2. **First - Human Relations - Violations of County Discrimination Laws - Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0694f.pdf)
3. **Third - Human Relations - Violations of County Discrimination Laws - Complaints** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0694t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **410** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **12310** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2026-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86e7702f-d57a-4dcd-8cbe-565ac3d59710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).