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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access"
+description: "Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 540"
+citation: "Maryland SB 540 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Ellis", "James", "M. Washington", "Muse", "Smith"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3abe06cb-7c89-4f49-ad2f-8b9ce35e8764"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0540?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "7e62fdba28b30565837c1c5b6ed0cace9cfab3f0b6813fa278577dc0ace636f1"
+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 540 (2025) — Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_522_sb0540e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0540e.pdf)
+3. **First - Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0540f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0540t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles — primary (person)
+- Ellis — primary (person)
+- James — primary (person)
+- M. Washington — primary (person)
+- Muse — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-28** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 522 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3abe06cb-7c89-4f49-ad2f-8b9ce35e8764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+