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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations and Associations - Trade Name Certificates - Requirements"
description: "Corporations and Associations - Trade Name Certificates - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Maryland SB 181 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-23"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5af28efc-f978-411f-b711-c050bdb12268"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0181?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "03ea4591726ddbf58667f22f69be8e813ad4807f2533869cc3fe084da6090316"
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 181 (2021) — Corporations and Associations - Trade Name Certificates - Requirements
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Corporations and Associations - Trade Name Certificates - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_106_sb0181t.pdf)
2. **First - Corporations and Associations - Trade Name Certificates - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0181f.pdf)
3. **Third - Corporations and Associations - Trade Name Certificates - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0181t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **1350** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-09-23** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-28** Hearing 1/14 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-01-04** Hearing canceled
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/14 at 11:30 a.m.
- **2021-01-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-01-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-02** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5af28efc-f978-411f-b711-c050bdb12268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).