---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Law – Abandoned Property – Alterations"
description: "Commercial Law – Abandoned Property – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Maryland SB 241 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "Office of the Comptroller"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afcd3cb9-7e7e-4b0e-a0ea-984b56450e32"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0241?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3791d085e5dab0119d111d27c964389b1c6135e3025b553f1b9a646c3fb6abd5"
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 241 (2023) — Commercial Law – Abandoned Property – Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Commercial Law – Abandoned Property – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_19_sb0241t.pdf)
2. **First - Commercial Law – Abandoned Property – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0241f.pdf)
3. **Third - Commercial Law – Abandoned Property – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0241t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Office of the Comptroller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-26** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/01 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 19 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afcd3cb9-7e7e-4b0e-a0ea-984b56450e32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).