---
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: "SB 438"
citation: "Maryland SB 438 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey", "Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a7b6cc7-a0f7-4d74-8eaf-f4a3953e9d1a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0438?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "42ae5d4c081a44fd363c187dca5ba51ab2e3543f95cc9c08e612935c901240d9"
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 438 (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_215_sb0438e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0438e.pdf)
3. **First - Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0438f.pdf)
4. **Third - Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0438t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 215 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a7b6cc7-a0f7-4d74-8eaf-f4a3953e9d1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).