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2026 Regular Session

SB694

Human Relations - Violations of County Discrimination Laws - Complaints

Establishing that filing a certain complaint with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights satisfies certain prerequisites to commencing a civil action alleging the violation of a county discrimination law.

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
April 28, 2026
Last status update
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172
Author
William Smith

Legislative progress

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Introduced in Senate February 6, 2026 Senate passed March 20, 2026 House passed April 13, 2026 Governor approved April 28, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 20, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

41 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 5 absent

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April 13, 2026 · House

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

123 yea–10 nay · 7 not voting · 1 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172
  2. Senate Returned Passed
  3. House Third Reading Passed (123-10) View roll call
  4. House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
  5. House Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
  6. House Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
  7. House Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
  8. Senate Third Reading Passed (41-0) View roll call
  9. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  10. Senate Floor Amendment {723222/1 (Senator Smith) Adopted
  11. Senate Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Smith) Adopted
  12. Senate Second Reading Passed
  13. Senate Favorable Adopted
  14. Senate Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
  15. Senate Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
  16. Senate First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2110082
LegiScan session ID
2240
Source file
var/states/maryland/source/legiscan/2240-842f860f45b5/bill/SB694.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:49:46+00:00