---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workgroup on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces"
description: "Workgroup on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 764"
citation: "Maryland SB 764 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/083ae6a4-8cb9-4a27-b316-9df5710d6172"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0764?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2c5e7fba34e1368d07d526e2ea922a0b1e5bd503a16341c137d1e6adfb84e2b2"
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 764 (2021) — Workgroup on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Workgroup on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_584_sb0764t.pdf)
2. **First - Workgroup on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0764f.pdf)
3. **Third - Workgroup on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0764t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness — primary (organization)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-23** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-23** Hearing 2/23 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 584 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/083ae6a4-8cb9-4a27-b316-9df5710d6172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).