---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations - Audit and Review Thresholds"
description: "Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations - Audit and Review Thresholds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 483"
citation: "Maryland HB 483 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61f885ab-7b60-40a1-8b0e-f50c83de1ed3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0483?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1166720728ff51cead0528a2971488dac93ee3a1f84789cd3983833e70d43de6"
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 483 (2026) — Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations - Audit and Review Thresholds

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations - Audit and Review Thresholds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_393_hb0483t.pdf)
2. **First - Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations - Audit and Review Thresholds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0483f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Regulation - Charitable Organizations - Audit and Review Thresholds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0483t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **96–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wolek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-06** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-06** Hearing 2/11 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 393 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61f885ab-7b60-40a1-8b0e-f50c83de1ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).