---
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: "SB 879"
citation: "Maryland SB 879 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c118666-6005-489f-a07a-3cc6276468e7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0879?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7bb33432be5c2a09e710e2ce81271489e23104176df0e3e06cde55e31daf8c5e"
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 879 (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_290_sb0879e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0879e.pdf)
3. **First - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0879f.pdf)
4. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0879t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c118666-6005-489f-a07a-3cc6276468e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).