---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register"
description: "State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 649"
citation: "Maryland SB 649 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "Ferguson", "M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c5edb81-f8e9-49f2-8f4d-df3740c8536a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0649?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "34123a00130f1e83685e82921e515163df354d42ba2325d40c387e3c8d6a4c48"
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 649 (2023) — State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_349_sb0649e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0649e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0649f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0649t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Ferguson — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c5edb81-f8e9-49f2-8f4d-df3740c8536a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).