---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations"
description: "Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Maryland SB 254 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c7f8e24-4b4d-4fbc-a67d-5157b49f77b8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0254?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e34fe5f2c5a4263ad9ba80bdde439d4e062e3ad4a9779256e6891112f5503f1a"
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 254 (2023) — Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_380_sb0254t.pdf)
2. **First - Business Regulation - Charitable Contribution - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0254f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0254t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c7f8e24-4b4d-4fbc-a67d-5157b49f77b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).