---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 429"
citation: "Maryland SB 429 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a515b6a8-d9d6-474f-a1bc-bb1a1a9fbd7d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0429?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8655b652407f04b964fb0bbff73730753aee6de9e81f866884647e46bf0cf7f5"
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 429 (2024) — Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_862_sb0429e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0429e.pdf)
3. **First - Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0429f.pdf)
4. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington and Study of Property Held in Trust by the United Methodist Church** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0429t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Motion Special Order until 3/13 (Senator Ellis) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ellis) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-14** Motion Special Order until 3/15 (Senator West) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Motion Reconsider Special Order (Senator Muse) Adopted
- **2024-03-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-14** Motion Laid Over (Senator West) Adopted
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-06** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Muse, McKay and West)
- **2024-04-08** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2024-04-08** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Muse, McKay and West)
- **2024-04-08** House Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-08** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fisher, A. Johnson and Boafo)
- **2024-04-08** House Refuses Recede
- **2024-04-08** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fisher, A. Johnson and Boafo)
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Conference Committee Report {
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 862 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a515b6a8-d9d6-474f-a1bc-bb1a1a9fbd7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).