---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations - Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions"
description: "Corporations - Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 744"
citation: "Maryland HB 744 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations and Associations", "Assessments and Taxation", "Department of", "Attorneys' Fees", "Charters", "Claims", "Commerce and Business", "Corporations", "Courts", "Fees", "Foreign Ownership", "Forfeiture", "Liability", "Limited Liability Companies", "Partnerships", "Real Estate Investment Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kramer and West"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89bb38d2-0a67-4fd2-b51e-ab7550928dd6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB744&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "342e3f90f94357d6358ae2ec508356886faafa3e12fa2aaf267e2d07ca1898b1"
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 744 (2017) — Corporations - Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0744f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kramer and West — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {263098/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-10** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Special Order until 4/4 (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89bb38d2-0a67-4fd2-b51e-ab7550928dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).