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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts"
+description: "Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 879"
+citation: "Maryland SB 879 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-02-07"
+last_action: "2022-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c118666-6005-489f-a07a-3cc6276468e7"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0879?ys=2022RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "7bb33432be5c2a09e710e2ce81271489e23104176df0e3e06cde55e31daf8c5e"
+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 SB 879 (2022) — Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_290_sb0879e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0879e.pdf)
+3. **First - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0879f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0879t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-07** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-03-22** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
+- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c118666-6005-489f-a07a-3cc6276468e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+