Maryland has zero pending HOA bills, and the next ones get written before anyone votes in November
Maryland has zero pending HOA bills, and the next ones get written before anyone votes in November
2026-09-12 · Maryland · Legislation · Reported — unconfirmed
What happened. As of today there is not a single live HOA, condominium or cooperative bill anywhere in the Maryland General Assembly. Not pending, not carried over, not pre-filed. The board is empty, and it will stay empty until late autumn.
Three things had to be true for that, and all three are:
- Maryland bills do not carry over. Every measure from the 2026 Regular Session died at sine die on 13 April 2026. That includes the nine community-association bills that passed the House of Delegates and the roughly twenty that died in committee.
- The August special session was closed. The 450th session, 3–5 August 2026, was limited by the presiding officers to a constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting, with drafting and staff resources dedicated solely to that — a decision that drew Republican objection. Non-redistricting bills were not considered.1
- No 2027 bills exist. The legislature's system serves no 2027 session data. Queries for the first House and Senate bill numbers of a 2027 session return “Bill number does not exist.”2
No community-association bill was vetoed in 2026, so none was before the special session. Of the Governor's five 2026 vetoes, two were overridden — on divorce records under the Public Information Act and on freight-train crew requirements — and three were sustained. Neither override touches this sector.3
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Related Maryland HOA Topics
- WTOP, July 2026 — Maryland legislative leaders limit the August 2026 special session to congressional redistricting, with drafting and staff resources dedicated solely to that effort ↩
- Maryland General Assembly — the 2026 Regular Session shown as the most recent, Adjourned Sine Die; no 2027 session data is served and 2027 bill-number queries return "Bill number does not exist" ↩
- Maryland Matters, 5 August 2026 — two of the Governor's five 2026 vetoes overridden during the special session, three sustained; neither override concerns community associations ↩
- Department of Legislative Services, Dates of Interest — 2026 Interim (24 April 2026): Election Day 3 November 2026, pre-file drafting requests due 20 November, pre-file approval due 10 December, 2027 session 13 January to 12 April 2027 ↩
- Maryland State Archives, Maryland Manual — the 451st General Assembly session, 13 January to 12 April 2027, the first of a new four-year term ↩
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