---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Use or Maintenance of Improper or Outdated Addresses in Documents"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Use or Maintenance of Improper or Outdated Addresses in Documents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Maryland SB 447 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1514fad-f1fc-4236-8f6a-90ef91626508"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0447?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1df622c8582e0a7e33d5492eeed83c918ccc1c7d204b4c18de6a875737de433f"
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# Maryland SB 447 (2022) — Corporations and Associations - Use or Maintenance of Improper or Outdated Addresses in Documents

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Use or Maintenance of Improper or Outdated Addresses in Documents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_288_sb0447t.pdf)
2. **First - Corporations and Associations - Use or Maintenance of Improper or Outdated Addresses in Documents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0447f.pdf)
3. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Use or Maintenance of Improper or Outdated Addresses in Documents** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0447t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **115–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1514fad-f1fc-4236-8f6a-90ef91626508`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).