---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revival of Nonstock and Religious Corporations"
description: "Revival of Nonstock and Religious Corporations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 853"
citation: "Maryland HB 853 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chisholm", "Hornberger", "Saab", "Thiam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a171dae-cb01-458f-9aea-a760e949290e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0853?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7acc769b935294eaa2fb1fe73b5dc55cca770d0256dcc56879954d2dfd6ada96"
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 853 (2022) — Revival of Nonstock and Religious Corporations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Revival of Nonstock and Religious Corporations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_317_hb0853t.pdf)
2. **First - Revival of Nonstock and Religious Corporations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0853f.pdf)
3. **Third - Revival of Nonstock and Religious Corporations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0853t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Thiam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-01** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 317 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a171dae-cb01-458f-9aea-a760e949290e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).