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IntroducedFeb 03, 2023
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Passed SenateMar 17, 2023
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Passed HouseApr 05, 2023
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Signed into LawMay 16, 2023
Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney General
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executive • May 16, 2023: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Office of the Attorney General
Votes
YES: 36
- Mr. President
- Ellis
- Hester
- Klausmeier
- Sydnor
- Augustine
- Feldman
- Hettleman
- Kramer
- Waldstreicher
- Beidle
- Folden
- Jackson
- Lam
- Washington, A.
- Benson
- Gile
- James
- Lewis Young
- Washington, M.
- Brooks
- Griffith
- Kagan
- McKay
- Watson
- Carozza
- Guzzone
- Kelly
- Rosapepe
- West
- Carter
- Hayes
- King
- Smith
- Zucker
- Elfreth
NO: 9
NOT VOTING: 2
YES: 100
- Speaker
- Charles
- Healey
- McCaskill
- Stein
- Acevero
- Clippinger
- Henson
- Mireku-North
- Stewart
- Addison
- Conaway
- Hill
- Moon
- Taveras
- Allen
- Crosby
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Taylor
- Alston
- Crutchfield
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Terrasa
- Amprey
- Cullison
- Jackson
- Patterson
- Toles
- Attar
- Davis
- Johnson, A.
- Pena-Melnyk
- Turner
- Atterbeary
- Ebersole
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Edelson
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Vogel
- Barnes, B.
- Embry
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Watson
- Barnes, D.
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Feldmark
- Kerr
- Rogers
- White
- Barve
- Fennell
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Foley
- Lehman
- Ruth
- Williams
- Boafo
- Forbes
- Lewis, J.
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Lewis, R.
- Shetty
- Wolek
- Bridges
- Grossman
- Long, J.
- Simmons
- Woods
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Lopez
- Simpson
- Wu
- Chang
- Harris
- Love
- Smith
- Young
- Charkoudian
- Harrison
- Martinez
- Solomon
- Ziegler
NO: 34
- Adams
- Fisher
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, T.
- Schmidt
- Arentz
- Ghrist
- Jacobs
- Munoz
- Stonko
- Arikan
- Grammer
- Mangione
- Nawrocki
- Szeliga
- Baker
- Griffith
- McComas
- Otto
- Tomlinson
- Bouchat
- Hartman
- Metzgar
- Pippy
- Valentine
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- Miller
- Reilly
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Morgan, M.
- Rose
ABSENT: 2
NOT VOTING: 4
Actions
- May 16, 2023 | executive
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629
- Apr 06, 2023 | Senate
- Returned Passed
- Apr 05, 2023 | House
- Third Reading Passed (100-34)
- Mar 30, 2023 | House
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Mar 22, 2023 | House
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2023 | House
- Referred Judiciary
- Mar 17, 2023 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {593121/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (36-9)
- Feb 14, 2023 | Senate
- Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 03, 2023 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney GeneralPDF
- Amendments {593121/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney GeneralPDF
- Text - Chapter - Human Relations - Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers of the Attorney GeneralPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - JudiciaryPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: JudiciaryHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Goldstein, Mathew (Secular Maryland)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Siri, Michelle (The Women's Law Center of Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Costello, Christopher
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Hughes, Glendora (Maryland Commission on Civil Rights)
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Soreng, Nancy
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Griffin, Andrew (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- McClarty, Leonardo (Howard County Chamber)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Alsobrooks, Angela (Prince George's County Executive)
- JPR Testimony, UNF -- Gibson, Rich (Howard County State's Attorney's Office)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Reynolds-Dominguez, Camila (FreeState Justice)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Schultz, Victoria (Maryland Legal Aid)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Baron, Peter (Anne Arundel County)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Brown, Anthony (Office of the Attorney General)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Jordan, Lisae C (Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA))
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Ford, Gerald (Maryland Commission on Civil Rights)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JUD Testimony, UNF -- Griffin, Andrew (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Siri, Michelle (The Women's Law Center of Maryland)
- JUD Testimony, FWA -- Brown, Anthony (Office of the Attorney General)
- JUD Testimony, FAV -- Baron, Peter (Anne Arundel County)