---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Household Goods Movers - Special Fund and Fees"
description: "Business Regulation - Household Goods Movers - Special Fund and Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 559"
citation: "Maryland SB 559 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29e1bfe-5df9-481b-bfb9-ae973f7db5b5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0559?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fe6c65aef9b4a25e055cad905c0154031348d8ce8c045fec9fe73775e44c3bd1"
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 559 (2024) — Business Regulation - Household Goods Movers - Special Fund and Fees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Household Goods Movers - Special Fund and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_566_sb0559t.pdf)
2. **First - Business Regulation - Household Goods Movers - Special Fund and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0559f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Regulation - Household Goods Movers - Special Fund and Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0559t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **101–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 566 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e29e1bfe-5df9-481b-bfb9-ae973f7db5b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).