---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations"
description: "Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "Maryland SB 496 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca97ac75-5519-4ba2-b910-010d8401831b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0496?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d3c2af31528265c97a6134dbb347c7090c56c0e734d85a553f46928bdf5ca2fa"
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 496 (2022) — Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_315_sb0496e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0496e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0496f.pdf)
4. **Third - Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0496t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **129–8** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-17** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 315 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca97ac75-5519-4ba2-b910-010d8401831b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).