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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority"
+description: "Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 428"
+citation: "Maryland SB 428 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles County Senators"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80b9d3bf-f4ad-4bd2-83ad-a1a6c1baa0e9"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0428?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "8c1546162a5ec60ed918cce107f98bb16f1172d6c02277a43718af6becb1b7e1"
+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 428 (2020) — Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_219_sb0428t.pdf)
+2. **First - Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0428f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Southern Maryland - Homeowners Association Commission - Alternative Dispute Resolution Authority** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0428t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles County Senators — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/14 at 12:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 219 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80b9d3bf-f4ad-4bd2-83ad-a1a6c1baa0e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+