---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Fee for Processing Return of an Original Document - Repeal"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Fee for Processing Return of an Original Document - Repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Maryland SB 9 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations and Associations", "Assessments and Taxation", "Department of", "Associations", "Corporations", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-10-11"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8270d4a3-1c7f-439c-9d34-66d81e58779f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB9&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "8024bebabc4d3a67fd10d6e0575563c62629e923415786a93ea5e4663503e634"
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 9 (2018) — Corporations and Associations - Fee for Processing Return of an Original Document - Repeal

## 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/sb0009f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Assessments and Taxation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-11** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-04** Hearing 1/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-01-25** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-01-30** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-31** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **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 (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 44 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8270d4a3-1c7f-439c-9d34-66d81e58779f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).