---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations – Filing Fee Study"
description: "Corporations and Associations – Filing Fee Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "Maryland HB 356 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-19"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/379ef789-bdec-42d4-98bc-13b588baa556"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0356?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b9091b9fc251ff51d2be98caf0713b14ac5e35de253503138f0d04959f54cb4e"
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 356 (2021) — Corporations and Associations – Filing Fee Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations – Filing Fee Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_406_hb0356t.pdf)
2. **First - Corporations and Associations – Filing Fee Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0356f.pdf)
3. **Third - Corporations and Associations – Filing Fee Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0356t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-19** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Hearing 1/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Hearing 3/18 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 406 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/379ef789-bdec-42d4-98bc-13b588baa556`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).