Real Property
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act [SB-327]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing an owner of real property used for rental housing and the governing body of a county to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement for maintaining at least 25% of the rental housing units located at the real property as affordable dwelling units for at least 15 years; and authorizing the governing body of the county to require the owner of real property to maintain a higher percentage of rental housing units as affordable dwelling units than the minimum percentage specified in the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 106 on 04/22/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Attachment And Execution Of Real Property. [HB-147]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Increases the real property exemption amount for attachment or execution.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Tarnas
The Committee(s) On Jha Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/07/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Ownership Of Agricultural Land. [SB-245]
[Agriculture ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Beginning 1/1/2026, prohibits certain entities from owning, purchasing, or acquiring ownership of agricultural lands.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Gabbard
The Committee On Aen Deferred The Measure. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements [HB-347]
[Real Estate ]
Altering certain provisions relating to the filing, maintenance, and transmittal of land records; and defining "land record" as any document recorded by a clerk of the circuit court relating to property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 65 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirements [HB-339]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with four or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2025, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2025, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement or substantial upgrade of electrical systems or heating systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Transfer Tax - Rates and Distribution of Revenue [HB-342]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
Altering the State transfer tax rate and the distribution of State transfer tax revenue; and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association [HB-335]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "local code violation" to authorize community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; requiring certain notices relating to nuisance actions to be provided to the county code enforcement agency and certain tenants and property owners; and repealing a provision of law requiring the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to determine the amount and conditions of a bond filed by a community association in a certain nuisance action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To The Counties. [HB-29]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes counties, after adoption of power of sale laws, ordinances, or rules, to sell private property after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings are exhausted, and to use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to that property. Requires the county to remit any amounts in excess of the unpaid civil fines to the property owner. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Sponsored by: Rep. Cory Chun
The Committee(s) On Fin Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act [SB-280]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of judicial proceedings, corrections, criminal, family, public safety, and real property laws to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 261 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Improvements to Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclass, Special Rate, and Penalty [HB-330]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of improvements to real property located within 1 mile of a rail station and to set a special property tax rate for the property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to set, by law, a tax penalty against the total tax liability on the property for which a special tax rate has been set; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Exception to Armed Trespass Prohibition - Retired Law Enforcement Officials [HB-308]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing an exception to the prohibition against entering or trespassing on real property while wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm for a retired law enforcement official who has retired in good standing from a law enforcement agency of the United States, the State or another state, or a local unit in the State or another state under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Roadside Tree Removal Permit Notification Act [SB-290]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring an applicant for a roadside tree removal permit to provide a certain notice in a certain manner to all owners of property abutting and adjacent to the property subject to the tree removal and to the governing body of any common ownership community that has control over the land on which the tree to be removed is located.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Agricultural Lands. [SB-1]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Prohibits certain foreign parties from owning, purchasing, or acquiring an interest in agricultural lands. Establishes an Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that land is unlawfully owned by a prohibited foreign party. Requires the Attorney General to undertake enforcement activities. Appropriates moneys.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kurt Fevella
Referred To Aen/tca, Jdc/wam. on 01/16/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Attachment And Execution Of Real Property. [SB-115]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Increases the real property exemption amount for attachment or execution. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Reported From Jdc (stand. Com. Rep. No. 63) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/06/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
Home Sales Amendments [HB-151]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Home Sales Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Governing Bodies of Common Ownership Communities - Member Training [HB-299]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring certain members of a board of directors or certain officers of a council of unit owners of certain condominiums and certain members of a governing body of a homeowners association to successfully complete a training curriculum on the responsibilities of being a member or an officer in a certain manner and subject to certain requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans [HB-292]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that certain funds for certain reserve accounts be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; requiring the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association to prepare a certain funding plan subject to certain requirements; authorizing a reasonable deviation from certain reserve funding requirements following a certain financial hardship determination; requiring that certain updated reserve studies be prepared by a certain person; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [HB-306]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents with the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to establish a database of governing documents accessible to the public; and establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by the local government of a county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [HB-303]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit certain persons from providing certain services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Task Force on Common Ownership Communities [HB-294]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Task Force on Common Ownership Communities to study the education and training needs of common ownership community boards and new and prospective owners of homes and dwelling units in common ownership communities; and requiring the Task Force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025