Maryland Bills 2025​

On January 8, 2025, the Maryland General Assembly began its legislative session. Bill requests are due on January 17. Most bills of interest to CHARM go through the Environment & Transportation Committee which handles citizen witness testimony. The final date for introduction of bills without suspension of rules is March 3. The session ends on April 7, known as Sine Die. The governor would sign or veto by May 27. If enacted, these bills could affect the governance of common ownership communities (condos, HOA's, coops, timeshares) and/or the well-being of individual homeowners living there.  Any bills not passed may or may not be re-introduced in the next legislative session, usually the following year.  

 

 

 

SUPPORTED BY CHARM Maryland

 

SB758 Elections, Financial Statements, and Enforcement - PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS

 

SB787 Time to Attain Reserve - 10 years; Reserve Specialists beyond CAI and APRA

 

HB1411 Grants to Low-Income Unit Owners for Insufficient Reserve Obligations

 

HB1117 - Montgomery County - Disputes, Payments, and Elections (formerly MC 11-25)

 

HB557 Homeowner Bill of Rights

 

HB0306 Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions

 

HB0347 (SB0150) Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements (Video) - PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS

 

SB107 (HB392) Evidence - Interception of Oral Comms - Fair Housing Testing (Video, 40m)

 

SB61 Authorized Interception of Oral Communications (Video)

 

SB167 (HB434) Courts - SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation)

 

 

NO POSITION

 

HB1215 Time to Attain Reserve - 5 years

 

HB581 Increasing Assessments

 

HB292 (SB63) Funding of Reserve Accounts - 5 years - PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS

 

HB818 Award of Attorney's Fees and Expenses - Violation of Maryland Constitutional Right

 

HB558 Local Commissions (CCOC)

 

HB363 Candidate Signs Display Period

 

HB449 Condominiums - Property Insurance Deductibles Increase to $25,000

 

HB0294 (SB0071) Task Force on Common Ownership Communities

 

HB0295 Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Bodies and Annual Meetings

 

HB0299 Real Property - Governing Bodies of Common Ownership Communities - Member Training

 

HB0303 Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers

 

SB365 Nonprofit Organizations Navigator - PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS

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