| MD | SB566 | Pass | Altering a certain provision of law limiting the amount of a finder's fee that may be charged by a mortgage broker obtaining a mortgage loan with respect to the same property more than once within a 24-month period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 845 |
| MD | HB1511 | Pass | Altering a certain provision of law limiting the amount of a finder's fee that may be charged by a mortgage broker obtaining a mortgage loan with respect to the same property more than once within a 24-month period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-26
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 844 |
| MD | HB548 | Veto | Providing that a privately owned transportation project in the State that includes the construction of one or more tunnels with a diameter of 6 feet or greater that will be primarily used by a common carrier may not be constructed and the State may n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB1073 | Veto | Requiring a landlord that requires a tenant to make payments for water or sewer utility services to the landlord to use a written lease that includes a notice that the tenant is responsible for making payments for water or sewer utility services to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-25
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB10 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that the State Department of Assessments and Taxation or the supervisor of assessments for a county value all real property once in every 3-year cycle based on a certain inspection; requiring the Department's review of each re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 651 |
| MD | SB84 | Pass | Requiring that the supervisor of assessments for a county, rather than the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, approve or reject an application for an exemption of real property from the property tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 653 |
| MD | HB239 | Pass | Altering requirements relating to advertising for the sale of residential real property in a community development in Prince George's County that will include a certain community amenity; requiring a copy of any recreational facilities agreement reco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 778 |
| MD | SB648 | Pass | Requiring, for a development with 11 or more homes to be built by the same builder, a home builder to provide a purchaser with written information on energy-efficient options, including a statement that tax credits may be available related to the ene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 681 |
| MD | SB621 | Pass | Authorizing certain persons to execute and record a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawfully restrictive covenant in a certain manner; requiring the governing body of a homeowners association to delete any recorded covenant or restriction t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| MD | SB826 | Pass | Prohibiting an agent, a landlord, or an operator from making false representations or statements to tenants in violation of certain laws in Baltimore City; prohibiting certain individuals from making false representations or statements in connection ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 638 |
| MD | HB990 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to mail a certain notice about the homestead tax credit to each individual who acquires residential real property within a reasonable period of time after the individual acquires the property...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 781 |
| MD | SB571 | Pass | Authorizing a landowner, without the approval of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation, to erect and display on land subject to a certain easement a certain sign or outdoor advertising display for a certain purpose; authorizing the F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 644 |
| MD | HB784 | Pass | Requiring the Public Service Commission to provide certain notice of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on its website and social media platforms; requiring a certain applicant to identify whether a certain overhead ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 773 |
| MD | HB1329 | Pass | Altering certain requirements for service of process by a landlord of nonresidential property in an action for repossession for nonpayment of rent by requiring service to be directed to the sheriff for the appropriate county or municipality and autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646 |
| MD | HB1257 | Pass | Requiring a lease option agreement to purchase improved residential property, if executed on or after July 1, 2018, to state in capital letters and in close proximity to the tenant's signature that the agreement is an integral part of the lease and i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 787 |
| MD | HB1553 | Pass | Prohibiting an agent, a landlord, or an operator from making false representations or statements to tenants in violation of certain laws in Baltimore City; prohibiting certain individuals from making false representations or statements in connection ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 |
| MD | HB1481 | Pass | Requiring, for a development with 11 or more homes to be built by the same builder, a home builder to provide a purchaser with written information on energy-efficient options, including a statement that tax credits may be available related to the ene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 |
| MD | SB1102 | Pass | Altering certain requirements for service of process by a landlord of nonresidential property in an action for repossession for nonpayment of rent by requiring service to be directed to the sheriff for the appropriate county or municipality and autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 645 |
| MD | SB1006 | Pass | Altering the definition of the construction practice term "Coast Smart" to include highway facilities; requiring the Coast Smart Council, in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation, to establish Coast...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629 |
| MD | HB1350 | Pass | Altering the definition of the construction practice term "Coast Smart" to include highway facilities; requiring the Coast Smart Council in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Transportation, to establish Coast ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628 |
| MD | SB1098 | Pass | Prohibiting the tax collector in Baltimore City from selling residential property when the tax in arrears consists only of unpaid charges for water and sewer service; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to enforce a lien for unpa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 |
| MD | SB1140 | Pass | Defining the term "child" for the purposes of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to mean a biological child, an adopted child, or a stepchild, not to include a foster child, a grandchild, or a descendant more remote than a grandch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 623 |
| MD | HB1660 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Assessments and Taxation to include in an assessment record for real property a note describing any reduction in an assessment resulting from a certain order or decision and, under certain circumstances, the specific reaso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 650 |
| MD | HB1765 | Pass | Authorizing a certain reduction in nitrogen from a certain upgrade to an on-site sewage disposal system to count toward a nitrogen load reduction required in a certain watershed implementation plan under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 585 |
| MD | SB94 | Pass | Adding "pigeon" to the defined term "unprotected bird" for the purposes of the wildlife and hunting laws of the State; prohibiting a person from engaging in certain activity while hunting or pursuing unprotected birds or mammals; prohibiting a person...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670 |
| MD | SB226 | Pass | Authorizing a party to a certain wrongful detainer or distress action brought in the District Court to demand a trial by jury in accordance with certain provisions of law, subject to certain provisions of law; and making certain provisions of law reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 |
| MD | SB468 | Pass | Requiring a landlord that requires a tenant to make payments for water or sewer utility services to the landlord to use a written lease that includes a notice that the tenant is responsible for making payments for water or sewer utility services to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 514 |
| MD | HB408 | Pass | Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to establish a Connection Pipe Emergency Replacement Loan Program for replacement of certain pipes on certain property; requiring the Program to include certain eligibility requirements; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 |
| MD | HB633 | Pass | Enabling private entities to accept the use of a certain substitute address by a victim of domestic abuse who is a participant in an address confidentiality program; requiring any person to accept a certain address of a participant in an address conf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 423 |
| MD | SB234 | Pass | Entering into the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact; providing the purpose of the Compact is to strengthen access to health care by developing a process to complement existing licensing and provide a streamlined method to allow physicians to becom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 470 |
| MD | SB578 | Pass | Enabling private entities to accept the use of a certain substitute address by a victim of domestic abuse who is a participant in an address confidentiality program; requiring any person to accept a certain address of a participant in an address conf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 |
| MD | HB877 | Pass | Requiring that the owner of a burial site or land encompassing a burial site that is more than 50 years old and in which the majority of persons interred have been interred for over 50 years to consult with the Maryland Historical Trust regarding cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 506 |
| MD | SB951 | Pass | Authorizing all counties and municipal corporations to release liens for unpaid real property taxes or other charges and assessments to facilitate a transfer of real property if certain conditions are satisfied; authorizing a county or municipal corp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 |
| MD | HB1093 | Pass | Establishing that requirements of certain laws specifying a certain document be in a certain form or signed as a condition for recording are met by an electronic document or electronic signature under certain circumstances; requiring the clerk of a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 |
| MD | SB1242 | Pass | Requiring that the owner of a burial site or land encompassing a burial site that is more than 50 years old and in which the majority of persons interred have been interred for more than 50 years to consult with the Maryland Historical Trust regardin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 507 |
| MD | HB1351 | Pass | Authorizing a landowner to use a portion of the land subject to an easement to hold certain special occasion events for commercial purposes under certain circumstances; specifying that a certain approval granted by the Maryland Agricultural Land Pres...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | SB877 | Pass | Establishing the Promoting ext-Raordinary Innovation in Maryland's Economy Program within the Department of Commerce to provide certain Fortune 100 companies tax credits and benefits for up to 10 years; requiring the Department to administer the Prog...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 350 |
| MD | HB78 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish procedures that require a foreclosure purchaser to submit to the Foreclosed Property Registry any change to certain information within 21 days after the change is known to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 |
| MD | HB77 | Pass | Making unenforceable certain provisions of certain condominium governing documents and other documents relating to asserting certain claims against a developer or vendor; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 346 |
| MD | SB222 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish procedures that require a foreclosure purchaser to submit to the Foreclosed Property Registry any change to certain information within 21 business days after the change is know...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 |
| MD | HB198 | Pass | Providing an exemption from the inheritance tax for real property subject to a certain perpetual conservation easement that passes from a decedent to a niece or nephew of the decedent; requiring the recapture of certain inheritance tax under certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 293 |
| MD | SB258 | Pass | Making unenforceable certain provisions of certain condominium governing documents and other documents relating to asserting certain claims against a developer or vendor; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 |
| MD | HB575 | Pass | Authorizing a declaration of a condominium to provide for the suspension of the use of certain common elements by a unit owner that is more than 60 days in arrears in the payment of any assessment due; requiring a declaration containing a certain sus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 345 |
| MD | SB372 | Pass | Exempting from certain real property recordation, transfer, and excise taxes and fees transfers of real property and certain vehicles from a revocable trust to a beneficiary of the trust as a result of the death of the settlor of the revocable trust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 315 |
| MD | HB556 | Pass | Authorizing a register of wills to waive certain fees for the administration of an estate if certain real property subject to administration in the State is to be transferred to a certain individual or is encumbered by a lien and subject to sale unde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 233 |
| MD | HB669 | Pass | Providing that a declarant has a certain number of votes when voting on a homeowners association matter under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332 |
| MD | HB869 | Pass | Requiring a public service company or an applicant to provide certain notice to owners of land and each owner of adjacent land over, on, or under which the applicant proposes to construct transmission lines under certain circumstances; and applying t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 |
| MD | SB709 | Pass | Declaring the intent of the General Assembly that homeowners have access to certain affordability programs for water and sewer services; authorizing a political subdivision, a sanitary commission, or an authority to develop and implement certain affo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 |
| MD | HB923 | Pass | Declaring the intent of the General Assembly that homeowners have access to certain affordability programs for water and sewer services; authorizing a political subdivision, a sanitary commission, or an authority to develop and implement certain affo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 |
| MD | SB755 | Pass | Authorizing a certain lending institution that makes a certain loan secured by a certain first mortgage or first deed of trust to create a certain escrow account solely for the payment of water and sewer facilities assessments on a certain request; p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2018-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 340 |
