---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Small Box Discount Stores - Zoning Requirements and Community Agreements"
description: "Baltimore City - Small Box Discount Stores - Zoning Requirements and Community Agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 869"
citation: "Maryland SB 869 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes", "McCray", "Sydnor", "Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/849016a6-ebfc-4356-b5a5-c7a21b2ec063"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0869?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "098bf663d0f788bd0c04ba182e579d87253d9f4da645a6dfe7b842c6ed50dfe3"
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 869 (2022) — Baltimore City - Small Box Discount Stores - Zoning Requirements and Community Agreements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Small Box Discount Stores - Zoning Requirements and Community Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_636_sb0869t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Small Box Discount Stores - Zoning Requirements and Community Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0869f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Small Box Discount Stores - Zoning Requirements and Community Agreements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0869t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **98–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Washington) Adopted
- **2022-03-21** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 636 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/849016a6-ebfc-4356-b5a5-c7a21b2ec063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).