HB1103 • 2026

State Designations - Symbol of Remembrance for September 11 - Freedom Flag

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Delegates Mangione , Allen , Arikan , Chisholm , Coley , Hartman , Hornberger , R. Long , McComas , and Tomlinson
Last action: 2026-02-16
Official status: In the House - Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date: 2026-09-11

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State Designations - Symbol of Remembrance for September 11 - Freedom Flag

Designating the Freedom Flag, designed and created by Richard Nicholas Melito of Richmond, Virginia, to memorialize the victims of the events of September 11, 2001, as the State symbol of remembrance for the attacks of September 11.

What This Bill Does

Designating the Freedom Flag, designed and created by Richard Nicholas Melito of Richmond, Virginia, to memorialize the victims of the events of September 11, 2001, as the State symbol of remembrance for the attacks of September 11.

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Bill History

2026-02-16 House
Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-11 House
First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - State Designations - Symbol of Remembrance for September 11 - Freedom Flag

Official Summary Text

Designating the Freedom Flag, designed and created by Richard Nicholas Melito of Richmond, Virginia, to memorialize the victims of the events of September 11, 2001, as the State symbol of remembrance for the attacks of September 11.

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EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb1103*

HOUSE BILL 1103
P1 6lr2672
HB 16/25 – HGO
By: Delegates Mangione, Allen, Arikan, Chisholm, Coley, Hartman, Hornberger,
R. Long, McComas, and Tomlinson
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

State Designations – Symbol of Remembrance for September 11 – Freedom Flag 2

FOR the purpose of designating the Freedom Flag as the State symbol of remembrance for 3
the attacks of September 11; and generally relating to a State symbol of 4
remembrance for the attacks of September 11. 5

BY renumbering 6
Article – General Provisions 7
Section 7–320 8
to be Section 7–321 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 11

BY adding to 12
Article – General Provisions 13
Section 7–320 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 16

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYL AND, 17
That Section(s) 7–320 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland 18
be renumbered to be Section(s) 7–321. 19

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 20
as follows: 21

Article – General Provisions 22

7–320. 23
2 HOUSE BILL 1103

THE FREEDOM FLAG, DESIGNED AND CREATED BY RICHARD NICHOLAS 1
MELITO OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, TO MEMORIALIZE THE VICTIMS OF THE EVENTS 2
OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, IS THE STATE SYMBOL OF REMEM BRANCE FOR THE 3
ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11. 4

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENAC TED, That this Act shall take effect 5
September 11, 2026. 6