---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals - Appeals Authority"
description: "Baltimore City - Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals - Appeals Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Maryland SB 541 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Appeals", "Baltimore City", "Committees and Commissions", "Zoning and Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efc2c13b-a443-4ee9-a073-3ef70ec4a079"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB541&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "24384abe27c0ca04dc9bbdf32670c947f78fce9340a7ff23a09877f676ab27b6"
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 541 (2017) — Baltimore City - Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals - Appeals Authority

## 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/sb/sb0541f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conway (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {694032/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efc2c13b-a443-4ee9-a073-3ef70ec4a079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).