---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Property - Ground Lease Registration Forms - Contact Information Option"
description: "Residential Property - Ground Lease Registration Forms - Contact Information Option"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 44"
citation: "Maryland HB 44 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Assessments and Taxation", "Department of", "Electronic Communication", "Forms", "Leases and Rent", "Registration", "Telecommunications and Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-07-05"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb68c73-8a91-44ad-bc2b-6896e9a48770"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB44&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "1cc47fba91d6f130d4436fa6810f22b7f70d5ae525803b800c8dff14293a3619"
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 44 (2017) — Residential Property - Ground Lease Registration Forms - Contact Information Option

## 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/hb0044f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-05** 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 with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable with Amendments {610318/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading Passed (131-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-01** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-01** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eb68c73-8a91-44ad-bc2b-6896e9a48770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).