Maryland's House voted 133-0 to record every HOA board meeting. The Senate never took it up
Maryland's House voted 133-0 to record every HOA board meeting. The Senate never took it up
2026-09-12 · Maryland · Legislation · Did not pass
What happened. A bill requiring every Maryland condominium and HOA board meeting to be recorded passed the House of Delegates 133–0 on 11 March 2026. Senate Judicial Proceedings noticed a hearing for 31 March and then took no action at all. House Bill 1362 died when the session adjourned on 13 April.1
No Maryland association is required to record a meeting. The bill page's 1 October 2026 effective date is the date it proposed, not a date in force.
What it would have required
From the fiscal note on the bill as amended:2
- All meetings and special meetings of a condominium's council of unit owners, board of directors or governing body, and of an HOA's governing body, board or committees, recorded by video with audio, or audio only.
- A recording may not be made if a member in good standing who is in attendance objects.
- The requirement does not apply to a meeting with a developer.
- Recording may be paused for any closed portion of the meeting.
- A recording may not substitute for written, approved minutes.
- Recording-related fees had to be budgeted and approved by the governing body.
- Recordings would have joined the HOA books and records an owner may examine — which, under current law, must be made available within 15 days of a request.
The Department of Legislative Services found no material fiscal effect on state or local government and no small-business effect.
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Related Maryland HOA Topics
- House Bill 1362 (2026), Condominiums and Homeowners Associations – Meetings – Recording Requirements — passed House 133-0 on 11 March 2026; Senate Judicial Proceedings hearing noticed 31 March, no committee report, died at sine die ↩
- Department of Legislative Services fiscal and policy note, HB 1362 (2026) — the bill as amended: the objection veto, the developer-meeting exclusion, the pause for closed sessions, and recordings added to HOA books and records ↩
- CAI Advocacy, 2026 Maryland End of Legislative Session Report — opposition on all-party-consent and volunteer-burden grounds; recorded as died in Senate Judicial Proceedings ↩
- CHARM Maryland (Common Ownership Community Homeowners Advocating for Reform) — published position statements calling for a right to record board meetings and a state oversight division ↩
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