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*hb0566*
HOUSE BILL 566
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By: Delegates Grossman, Allen, Embry, Fair, Kaiser, Kaufman, Lehman, Pruski,
Stein, Taveras, and Vogel
Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2024
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
State and Local Government – Real Property – Confederate Naming Prohibited 2
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a State entity or a political subdivision of the State from 3
assigning a Confederate name to real property owned by the State or political 4
subdivision; requiring certain real property to be assigned a new name on or before 5
a certain date; and generally relating to prohibiting Confederate naming of State and 6
local real property. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – General Provisions 9
Section 9–101 and 9–102 to be under the new title “Title 9. State and Local 10
Government Real Property Naming” 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – General Provisions 16
TITLE 9. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REAL PROPERTY NAMING. 17
9–101. 18
(A) IN THIS TITLE THE FOLLO WING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 19
INDICATED. 20
(B) “CONFEDERATE NAME ” MEANS A NAME THAT CO MMEMORATES THE 21
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY PERSON WHO SERVED VOLUNTARI LY 22 2 HOUSE BILL 566
WITH THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. 1
(C) “POLITICAL SUBDIVISION ” MEANS: 2
(1) A COUNTY; 3
(2) A MUNICIPAL CORPORAT ION; 4
(3) AN UNINCORPORATED TO WN; 5
(4) A SCHOOL DISTRICT ; OR 6
(5) A SPECIAL DISTRICT . 7
(D) “REAL PROPERTY ” INCLUDES STREETS , BUILDINGS, PARKS, AND 8
SUBDIVISIONS. 9
(E) “STATE ENTITY ” INCLUDES ALL UNITS AND AGENCIES IN THE 10
EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF STATE GOVERNMENT . 11
9–102. 12
A STATE ENTITY OR A POLITICAL SUBDI VISION OF THE STATE MAY NOT 13
ASSIGN A CONFEDERATE NAME TO REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE STATE OR 14
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N. 15
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That , if real property, as defined 16
under § 9–101 of the General Provisions Article, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, has a 17
Confederate name, as defined under § 9–101 of the General Provisions Article, as enacted 18
by Section 1 of this Act, on the effective date of this Act, the State entity or political 19
subdivision of the State responsible for assigning a name to the real property shall assign 20
a new name to the real property on or before January 1, 2027. 21
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22
October 1, 2024. 23