---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous"
description: "Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 263"
citation: "Maryland SB 263 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a65de91b-cbe6-4579-8bc4-1ee385d721c1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0263?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "64fb36172113e0e045bf54955828d825e35db8258740872637d142e02b42d176"
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 263 (2021) — Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_780_sb0263e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0263e.pdf)
3. **First - Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0263f.pdf)
4. **Third - Corporations and Real Estate Investment Trusts - Miscellaneous** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0263t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **125–10** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 2/03 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-02-02** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 780 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a65de91b-cbe6-4579-8bc4-1ee385d721c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).