---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships - Operating Agreements and Partnership Agreements"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships - Operating Agreements and Partnership Agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 342"
citation: "Maryland HB 342 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df1785ef-e94a-4d22-b919-dc0a9be63f29"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0342?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ffdc6416c707696c7d4b91c5bf872ecb9bdd4ab68a2c6230a670b60fd4fbe975"
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 342 (2022) — Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships - Operating Agreements and Partnership Agreements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships - Operating Agreements and Partnership Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_294_hb0342t.pdf)
2. **First - Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships - Operating Agreements and Partnership Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0342f.pdf)
3. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships - Operating Agreements and Partnership Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0342t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Hearing 2/23 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 294 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df1785ef-e94a-4d22-b919-dc0a9be63f29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).