---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)"
description: "Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 730"
citation: "Maryland HB 730 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Korman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9603912-010e-4da7-a3bc-6d1df8cf655e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0730?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "15b145995c6aed57e42148113d0f350f3482460e8ec7f8c7675532965aee7617"
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 730 (2026) — Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_413_hb0730t.pdf)
2. **First - Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0730f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0730t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Korman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** 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
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9603912-010e-4da7-a3bc-6d1df8cf655e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).