---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historic St. Mary's City Commission Reform Act of 2023"
description: "Historic St. Mary's City Commission Reform Act of 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 639"
citation: "Maryland SB 639 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed617ffb-1960-4240-9b8c-fdc19b9b01e3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0639?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "349f4123cb5155ebe71fa7499d3a953ec1708c681f033c5a57a47b71e216e85c"
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 639 (2023) — Historic St. Mary's City Commission Reform Act of 2023

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Historic St. Mary's City Commission Reform Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_129_sb0639t.pdf)
2. **First - Historic St. Mary's City Commission Reform Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0639f.pdf)
3. **Third - Historic St. Mary's City Commission Reform Act of 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0639t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `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
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 129 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed617ffb-1960-4240-9b8c-fdc19b9b01e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).