---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Organizations - Late Fees and Registration - Suspension and Cancellation Requirements"
description: "Charitable Organizations - Late Fees and Registration - Suspension and Cancellation Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "Maryland HB 239 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-09-18"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c407be22-d16a-482c-b7ce-df7a008883d4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0239?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8d6fd613633837db5a3442414964be3d0e577b3f6bcaad13c19fd5e0518eb9af"
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 HB 239 (2025) — Charitable Organizations - Late Fees and Registration - Suspension and Cancellation Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Charitable Organizations - Late Fees and Registration - Suspension and Cancellation Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_79_hb0239t.pdf)
2. **First - Charitable Organizations - Late Fees and Registration - Suspension and Cancellation Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0239f.pdf)
3. **Third - Charitable Organizations - Late Fees and Registration - Suspension and Cancellation Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0239t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 79 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c407be22-d16a-482c-b7ce-df7a008883d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).