---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations - Transfer of Assets and Exchange of Shares of Stock"
description: "Corporations - Transfer of Assets and Exchange of Shares of Stock"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 659"
citation: "Maryland SB 659 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations and Associations", "Taxes - Property", "Assessments", "Assessments and Taxation", "Department of", "Associations", "Charters", "Corporations", "Counties", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feldman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8e4f443-8386-4f92-a89a-9b30b67ba994"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB659&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "cd421575496093461f8dbee45cb7ba2dcf1835764b890482f90315b0e9c0091e"
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 659 (2018) — Corporations - Transfer of Assets and Exchange of Shares of Stock

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0659f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {208874/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-16** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 720 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8e4f443-8386-4f92-a89a-9b30b67ba994`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).