---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Notice"
description: "Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Notice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "Maryland SB 157 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1844496d-a178-4292-81f8-0ff2f7105cd4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0157?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e88b68c8cf00966fd572b2aa3c6cc504c3ad6d7f98d9ee656ca4c6951afc61f5"
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 157 (2023) — Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Notice

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_506_sb0157e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0157e.pdf)
3. **First - Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0157f.pdf)
4. **Third - Municipalities - Charter Amendments - Notice** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0157t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/07 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 506 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1844496d-a178-4292-81f8-0ff2f7105cd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).