Real Property
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Condemnation - Compensation for Farm and Agricultural Property (Protect Maryland Farm Lands Act) [SB-661]
Requiring the fair market value of certain agricultural property taken in a condemnation proceeding to be valued at 350% of the highest appraisal value of the property; and applying the Act retroactively to condemnation proceedings initiated on or after January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Residential Leases - Use of Algorithmic Device by Landlord to Determine Rent - Prohibition [HB-817]
Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Columbia Association - Lease Requirements and Governing Documents Ho. Co. 14-25 [HB-808]
Requiring a written lease for certain residential or commercial real property in Howard County to include information on the annual charge assessed by the Columbia Association and a description of certain rights and privileges under certain circumstances; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with a copy of certain covenants and governing documents under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Returned Passed on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Eminent Domain - Just Compensation - Fees and Costs [SB-657]
Establishing that damages to be awarded for the taking of land in a condemnation proceeding include, in addition to the fair market value of the land taken, any legal, expert, or other fees or costs of the action incurred by a defendant.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-623]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to borrow not more than $71,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in St. Mary's County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs - Indian Heritage and Culture Grant Program and Fund [HB-794]
Establishing the Indian Heritage and Culture Grant Program and Fund to preserve Indian tribal history and culture; establishing the Indian Heritage and Culture Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual operating budget an appropriation of $500,000 to the Fund; and requiring the Trust and the Commission to report annually on the financial status and activities of the Program and the Fund for the prior fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Commencement Restrictions [HB-769]
Establishing certain restrictions for the commencement of a foreclosure and an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Third Reading Passed (139-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Multifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies [HB-804]
Requiring the governing body of a common ownership community to develop a smoking policy that applies to all common areas of the property if the property subject to the control of the governing body is a multifamily dwelling.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations [HB-785]
Prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from prohibiting or restricting the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below the number authorized by the State Department of Education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Returned Passed on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property – Filing Fee for Residential Mortgage Foreclosure – Increase [HB-796]
Increasing the filing fee required to accompany an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property from $300 to $450.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Third Reading Passed (33-13) on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Abandoned and Neglected Maryland Cemeteries - Establishment [SB-631]
Establishing the Commission on Abandoned and Neglected Maryland Cemeteries within the Office of Cemetery Oversight to establish standard definitions for neglected and abandoned cemeteries, support the development of a statewide inventory of cemeteries and burial sites in the State, and develop recommendations relating to historical cemeteries concentrating on abandoned African American cemeteries; and requiring the Commission to submit an annual report by December 1 with its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [HB-767]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; establishing that the Act does not restrict the authority of the State or a local jurisdiction to enact or enforce certain legislation; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Passed Enrolled on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sale of Residential Property - Taxes and Offers to Purchase (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2025) [SB-582]
Authorizing a person who offers for sale to a third party improved single-family residential real property, for the first 30 days, to accept an offer to purchase the property made only by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprofit organization, or a real estate enterprise that owns an interest in less than 3% of all residential real property in the county; and altering the rate of the State transfer tax payable for an instrument of writing for a sale of certain residential real property under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) And Hearing Canceled (judicial Proceedings) on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Petition for Guardianship of the Property of Alleged Disabled Person - Stay of Civil Actions and Proceedings [HB-756]
Authorizing a party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring a certain party to the guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person to provide certain notice to a court granting a stay and to parties to a civil action or proceeding; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Extension of Sunset and Implementation Dates [HB-747]
Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; requiring a landlord or an owner of property to notify a certain delegated approval authority that an on-site sewage disposal system has failed and when the system is fixed, under certain circumstances; extending certain dates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Motion Laid Over (senator Ready) Adopted on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Residential Leases - Use of Algorithmic Device by Landlord to Determine Rent - Prohibition [SB-609]
Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access [HB-755]
Prohibiting a cooperative housing corporation, condominium association, or homeowners association from requiring certain sensitive information of certain individuals as a condition for access to a recreational common area; and defining "sensitive information" as an individual's Social Security card or Social Security number, Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, birth certificate, racial or ethnic origin, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, religious or philosophical beliefs, or medical records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations [HB-720]
Repealing provisions of law relating to the Somers Cove Marina Commission, the Somers Cove Marina Improvement Fund, and the operation of Somers Cove Marina; requiring the Secretary to develop a master plan for the operation and improvement of services at Somers Cove Marina by October 1, 2027; requiring all revenue received by the Department from activities associated with Somers Cove Marina be deposited in the Natural Resources Property Maintenance Fund; establishing the Somers Cove Marina Advisory Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Returned Passed on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding [HB-717]
Altering provisions of law regarding the acquisition of real property by the Department of Natural Resources; establishing a Land and Property Management Program in the Department to process certain transactions; authorizing the Department and the Natural Resources Police to establish affiliated foundations; authorizing the Governor to transfer certain Program Open Space funds to the Department under certain circumstances; altering and repealing certain provisions of law regarding the use of Program Open Space local funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
House Concurs Senate Amendments on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Exception to Armed Trespass Prohibition - Retired Law Enforcement Officials [SB-585]
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: Sen. William Smith
Motion Special Order Until Next Session (delegate Clippinger) Adopted on 04/07/2025