---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Notices of Foreclosure Sale and Postponement or Cancellation of Foreclosure Sale"
description: "Real Property - Notices of Foreclosure Sale and Postponement or Cancellation of Foreclosure Sale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Maryland HB 26 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Condominiums", "Foreclosure", "Homeowners Associations", "Liens", "Notices", "Postal Service", "Real Property", "Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-06-14"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb1a81dc-b31a-4f7b-a6e6-368520eae095"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB26&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "e733cd1ac60a8d8ef9ba71fcd3ef8967efe33ee359a1eb5a48abf50b80edc226"
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 HB 26 (2017) — Real Property - Notices of Foreclosure Sale and Postponement or Cancellation of Foreclosure Sale

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0026f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-06-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-01-18** Hearing canceled
- **2017-01-18** Hearing 1/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2017-02-13** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading Passed (130-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-31** Special Order until 4/4 (Senator Zirkin) Adopted
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (46-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 346 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb1a81dc-b31a-4f7b-a6e6-368520eae095`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).