---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 996"
citation: "Maryland HB 996 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33233b02-9560-4073-ad1c-e5b068141ae6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0996?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "31073fe6d83e96a11b0e1d4c41cfab1cde00eadb6c988013fd31a7c7763bc05b"
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 996 (2022) — Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_289_hb0996t.pdf)
2. **First - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0996f.pdf)
3. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0996t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33233b02-9560-4073-ad1c-e5b068141ae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).