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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Condominiums – Claims Against Developers and Vendors – Unenforceability of Certain Provisions"
+description: "Condominiums – Claims Against Developers and Vendors – Unenforceability of Certain Provisions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 258"
+citation: "Maryland SB 258 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Real Property", "Alternative Dispute Resolution", "Arbitration", "Civil Actions", "Claims", "Committees and Commissions", "Condominiums", "Contracts", "Mediation", "Notices", "Rules and Regulations", "Statutes of Limitation", "Voting", "Warranties"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13168071-f76f-4184-852f-134c420c2e77"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB258&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "f1a90e7df0bf2505a8c346b4f0619fc9f39b41ba1f2947d9e1af357e0c7b383c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 258 (2018) — Condominiums – Claims Against Developers and Vendors – Unenforceability of Certain Provisions
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0258f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kelley — primary (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
+- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-19** Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-12** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-02-16** Third Reading Passed (43-2) `passage`
+- **2018-02-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (131-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13168071-f76f-4184-852f-134c420c2e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+