Maryland House Bill 40 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-13 - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
Pending: House Economic Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring that single-occupancy public restrooms be marked with gender-inclusive signage that does not indicate a specific gender, contains certain descriptive language, and contains a picture or icon that does not indicate a specific gender in certain places of public accommodation and certain public buildings; providing that a county is responsible for enforcing the signage requirement in places of public accommodation; and authorizing a county to set certain fines for second and subsequent violations after a certain period of time.

Places of Public Accommodation and Public Buildings - Gender-Inclusive Signage

Del. Jared Solomon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-13	House	Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing canceled (Health and Government Operations)
2023-02-10	House	Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)
2023-01-25	House	Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
2023-01-11	House	First Reading Economic Matters and Health and Government Operations
2022-10-10	House	Pre-filed

SB84 (Crossfiled) 2023-01-16 - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
HB572 (Carry Over) 2022-04-11 - Withdrawn by Sponsor

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
State Finance and Procurement	2	801	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	2	803	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	20	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Government	20	307	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0040?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0040f.pdf