---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations"
description: "Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Maryland HB 72 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-07-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db8c4d3-e442-48a0-97c3-5365397828fd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0072?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b58a488a52a690fc58b2d1ed2275dd0770576a8341c314e57943252bcbc21a73"
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 72 (2023) — Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_381_hb0072e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0072e.pdf)
3. **First - Business Regulation - Charitable Contribution - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0072f.pdf)
4. **Third - Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0072t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 381 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4db8c4d3-e442-48a0-97c3-5365397828fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).