Nine Maryland HOA bills passed the House this year. None passed the Senate
Nine Maryland HOA bills passed the House this year. None passed the Senate
2026-09-12 · Maryland · Legislation · Did not pass
What happened. The most useful fact about Maryland's 2026 legislative session is not any single bill. It is the arithmetic: nine community-association bills passed the House of Delegates. Not one passed the Senate.
Four of the nine were unanimous in the House. And for five of them, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee never held a vote — which is a verifiable claim, not an inference, because Maryland publishes a committee voting record only where a committee actually voted.
The nine
Every vote below is from the legislature's own bill pages.
| Bill | Subject | House vote | How it died |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1506 | Cap on new-owner capital contribution fees | 136–0 | No Senate committee vote |
| HB 1362 | Mandatory recording of board meetings | 133–0 | No Senate committee vote |
| HB 1132 | Resale fee cap $250→$100, 20 days→10 | 130–0 | Died on the Senate floor, sine die |
| HB 305 | Baltimore County nuisance actions by associations | Passed | No Senate committee vote |
| HB 523 | Ten-year limit on commencing foreclosure | 110–23 | Died on the Senate floor, sine die |
| HB 1529 | Baltimore County local commission | 108–24 | No Senate committee vote |
| HB 993 | Short-term rental preemption of local bans | 102–31 | Died on the Senate floor, sine die |
| HB 402 | State oversight division and document database | 99–35 | No Senate committee vote |
| HB 502 | Statewide board-member training | 92–29 | No Senate committee vote |
Two Senate bills did become law — the insurance act and Charles County's board training — along with the sign-display act, which passed in both chambers. So the Senate was not refusing to legislate on community associations. It was declining to act on what the House sent it.
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- House Bill 402 (2026) — passed House 99-35; Senate Judicial Proceedings hearing 2 April 2026, no committee report or voting record, died at sine die (representative of the five bills with no Senate committee vote, alongside HB 502, HB 1362, HB 1506 and HB 1529) ↩
- Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voting record, HB 1132 (2026) — the one House-passed community-association bill of the session for which a Senate committee voting record exists ↩
- House Bill 1132 (2026), resale contract notice requirements — House 130-0; Senate favourable report and second reading passed 13 April 2026, no third reading ↩
- House Bill 993 (2026), Real Property – Short-Term Rentals — House 102-31; Senate favourable report and second reading passed 13 April 2026, no third reading (cross-file SB 666 reported favourably with amendments, never reached second reading) ↩
- House Bill 523 (2026), Real Property – Residential Foreclosures – Commencement Restrictions — House 110-23; Senate favourable report with amendments 13 April 2026, then Special Order until later today, adopted; died (cross-file SB 353 also reported favourably 13 April) ↩
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