---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Code - Standardization of Terminology - Nonprofits"
description: "Maryland Code - Standardization of Terminology - Nonprofits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Maryland SB 74 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - General Assembly", "Annotated Code of Maryland", "Names", "Nonprofit Organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kagan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-10-28"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8e8290-b52a-4597-b58f-49ea4dcc1eee"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB74&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "9b0eef4b12419f06766f8abf3d4268e94ab5939bd2e8dc54689e38dfaf7749dd"
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 74 (2017) — Maryland Code - Standardization of Terminology - Nonprofits

## 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/sb0074f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kagan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-20** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-01-25** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-26** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 631 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a8e8290-b52a-4597-b58f-49ea4dcc1eee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).