---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Commercial Use - Definition"
description: "Baltimore City - Commercial Use - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 371"
citation: "Maryland SB 371 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87af64f9-f0f1-4ee7-9645-103124894b5e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0371?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7ef037d676d796dcca03e4041388f8178b13e751fe2736b0d2b0fee789aa48a1"
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 371 (2023) — Baltimore City - Commercial Use - Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Commercial Use - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_524_sb0371t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Commercial Use - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0371f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Commercial Use - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0371t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87af64f9-f0f1-4ee7-9645-103124894b5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).