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SB 784

Annual Corrective Bill

2025 Regular Session

SB 784 is Maryland's annual technical cleanup that fixes drafting errors across the Annotated Code, aligns citations, and validates publisher edits - no substantive changes.

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142
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Bill Summary · SB 784

SB 784 — Annual Corrective Bill (Chapter 142, 2025)

Status: Approved by the Governor (Chapter 142)
Introduced: Feb 21, 2025
Type: Emergency corrective/technical bill

Main purpose

SB 784 is Maryland’s annual “corrective” bill. Its primary purpose is to fix technical problems in the Annotated Code — correcting drafting errors and omissions, clarifying language, updating or removing obsolete references, reorganizing section numbering where needed, and authorizing or validating minor editorial corrections by the Code publisher. The bill is expressly not intended to change substantive law; its changes are technical in nature.

Key provisions and actions

  • Repeals and reenacts, with technical amendments, numerous provisions across many articles of the Annotated Code. Representative affected subject areas include:
    • Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis
    • Business Occupations and Professions
    • Business Regulation (including electronic smoking device subtitle designation)
    • Commercial Law
    • Corporations and Associations
    • Correctional Services
    • Courts and Judicial Proceedings
    • Criminal Law
    • Economic Development and related subtitles
    • Education, Election Law, Environment
    • Family Law, Health – General and Health Occupations
    • Housing and Community Development, Insurance
    • Labor and Employment, Land Use, Local Government
    • Natural Resources, Public Safety, Public Utilities
    • Real Property, State Finance & Procurement, State Government
  • Adds, reorganizes, or restores subsection designations and subtitle headings where necessary to align text and citations.
  • Validates and ratifies corrections made by the publishers of the Annotated Code where appropriate.
  • Explicitly states the corrective/technical intent so that the bill’s enactment does not alter policy or create new substantive obligations.

Who is affected / impact

  • Practical effect: primarily legal drafters, publishers of the Annotated Code, attorneys, courts, state agencies, and others who rely on precise statutory text and cross‑references.
  • Fiscal and operational impact: the Department of Legislative Services’ fiscal note and bill analysis indicate no state, local, or small business fiscal impact. The bill is technical and is not expected to change programmatic responsibilities or expenditures.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced Feb 21, 2025 (per bill information provided).
  • Enacted as an emergency measure and approved by the Governor; filed as Chapter 142 (2025). Because it is an emergency bill, changes took effect upon enactment.
  • The bill was processed through the usual committee and floor stages before final enactment (committee reports, readings, and adoption).

Bottom line

SB 784 is an omnibus technical “clean‑up” measure that updates, clarifies, and corrects the statutory text across many articles of the Maryland Annotated Code. It is intended to improve legal clarity and citation accuracy without altering substantive law or imposing fiscal effects.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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