---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act)"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Maryland SB 144 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-16"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a3bcb97-21c4-4833-a262-ffa202e2d081"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0144?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "336946c4e30711cfafbf3eaab3c9fc6664243fc603fd3e2c51713274a5fbdbf3"
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 144 (2025) — Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_199_sb0144e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0144e.pdf)
3. **First - Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0144f.pdf)
4. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0144t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **104–35** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-02** Hearing 1/09 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `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 Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 199 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a3bcb97-21c4-4833-a262-ffa202e2d081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).