---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Revisions"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Maryland HB 209 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a4f4a7a-594b-4f95-9c41-110af1ffac18"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0209?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1f71b46984b834155667bbee318d75e62fe112ca310f148700665d5e6fd4af20"
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 209 (2023) — Corporations and Associations - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_560_hb0209t.pdf)
2. **First - Corporations and Associations - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0209f.pdf)
3. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0209t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 560 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a4f4a7a-594b-4f95-9c41-110af1ffac18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).