Business Regulation – Licensing – Definition of Storage Warehouse

HB 968 amends Maryland law to exclude self-service storage facilities from the legal definition of "storage warehouse" for licensing purposes. This change directly affects operators of self-service storage facilities (like public storage units), removing their requirement to obtain a specific "storage warehouse license." The bill modifies two sections of Maryland's business regulation code (§§ 17-1201(b)(2) and 17-1202) to clarify that facilities storing goods for a fee in self-service units no longer fall under the licensed "storage warehouse" category. The change takes effect October 1, 2025.