---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "Maryland SB 544 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher", "West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da9533de-f047-4f58-8bf7-ff76324aa090"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0544?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3b08d493b2c35eb574ecd16a6f9390090ed4a2c235644479f35df861f8fb6967"
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 544 (2024) — Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_604_sb0544t.pdf)
2. **First - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0544f.pdf)
3. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0544t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 604 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da9533de-f047-4f58-8bf7-ff76324aa090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).