Maryland Senate Bill 840 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Passed on May 16 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-16 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Establishing the Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to make grants to nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations, to provide security enhancements to protect against hate crimes; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to administer the Fund; and authorizing, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund.

Public Safety - Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund - Establishment

Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]	Sen. Paul Corderman [R]	Sen. Sarah Elfreth [D]
Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher [D]	Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]
Sen. Katie Hester [D]

2023-04-10 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 136 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-16	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746
2023-04-10	Senate	Returned Passed
2023-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (136-4)
2023-04-08	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2023-04-07	House	Favorable Report by Judiciary
2023-03-22	House	Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-03-20	House	Referred Judiciary
2023-03-20	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-0)
2023-03-17	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {873427/1 Adopted
2023-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
2023-02-07	Senate	Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-06	Senate	First Reading Budget and Taxation

HB1243 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-10 - Rereferred to Budget and Taxation

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Safety	4	1601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	6	226	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0840?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0840f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0840t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_746_sb0840t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0840_87342701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0840_b&t.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0840_jud.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0652.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/1328.pdf