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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Action for Change of Name - Waiver of Publication Requirement"
+description: "Action for Change of Name - Waiver of Publication Requirement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 39"
+citation: "Maryland HB 39 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shetty"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-09-23"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0c64c11-fecb-4496-b7a8-ba047d83cdee"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0039?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "ac520e415d765113faf12d2e1e1f5d7e1052563842df24ce07840218186cfb59"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 39 (2021) — Action for Change of Name - Waiver of Publication Requirement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Action for Change of Name - Waiver of Publication Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_506_hb0039t.pdf)
+2. **First - Action for Change of Name - Waiver of Publication Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0039f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Action for Change of Name - Waiver of Publication Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0039t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **35–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shetty — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-09-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-23** Hearing 1/15 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-02-04** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 506 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0c64c11-fecb-4496-b7a8-ba047d83cdee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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