Residential Property
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Candidate or Proposition Signs - Display Period [HB-363]
[Elections ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Altering, if there is early voting for an election, the time period during which a common ownership community may restrict the display of candidate or proposition signs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/21/2025
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Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance With Prurient Intent - Modifications [SB-348]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "private place" as it relates to the prohibition on conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual without the consent of the individual; and altering the prohibition against conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 152 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions [SB-344]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to other certain uses; and authorizing the State to pay to each county or municipal corporation that grants the property tax credit under the Act 50% of forgone revenue.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [SB-349]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment for medical debt; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a person, the person's agent or assignee for the provision of medical services, products, or devices; providing that medical debt does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 497 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance With Prurient Intent - Modifications [HB-437]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "private place" as it relates to the prohibition on conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual without the consent of the individual to include a residence; and altering the prohibition against conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 153 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [HB-428]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a provider of medical services, products, or devices, but does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 498 on 05/13/2025
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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 Property. [SB-206]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
Prohibits nonresident aliens and businesses and trusts that are significantly controlled by nonresident aliens from acquiring certain residential property in the State, except as otherwise provided by law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kurt Fevella
Referred To Hou/wtl, Jdc. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions [HB-341]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to other certain uses; and requiring, as provided in the State budget, the State to pay to each county or municipal corporation that grants the property tax credit under the Act 50% of forgone revenue.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2025
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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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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
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Bodies and Annual Meetings [HB-295]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that unit owners or lot owners have an opportunity to comment during certain meetings convened by the board of directors, the developer, or the declarant of a condominium or a homeowners association; requiring the developer of a condominium to appoint a unit owner, not otherwise affiliated with the developer, to the board within 30 days after the date on which units representing 25% of the votes have been conveyed by the developer to members of the public for residential purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process [SB-46]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a certain hearing to be held not more than 10 business days after a certain complaint is filed; and altering requirements relating to service of process in a wrongful detainer action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 188 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance [HB-236]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the relief that may be included in a final peace order; altering the acts that constitute criminal harassment to include certain visual surveillance of an area of another person's residence where the other has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction for a first offense is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of $500 or both, and for a second or subsequent offense, imprisonment of up to 180 days or a fine of $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 574 on 05/13/2025