---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations"
description: "Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "Maryland HB 618 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e20e0ce-1623-4fce-aad7-277e971634f5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0618?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "86e732a7b696c3c1828e480c23c6fb5fad0edb7ba412d2efd8cd6b04724a996f"
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 618 (2026) — Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_216_hb0618t.pdf)
2. **First - Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0618f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0618t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 216 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e20e0ce-1623-4fce-aad7-277e971634f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).