---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Residential Ground Leases - Abandoned Property"
description: "Baltimore City - Residential Ground Leases - Abandoned Property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 487"
citation: "Maryland SB 487 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Counties - Local Laws", "Abandoned Property", "Baltimore City", "Civil Actions", "Leases and Rent", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d394828a-a4ec-4be0-9894-9e6c74b64c7b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB487&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "1c7d82a77be5989d477ea58439e260eca1c079b75033973eda76aa84381e72c9"
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 487 (2017) — Baltimore City - Residential Ground Leases - Abandoned Property

## 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/sb/sb0487f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Conway — primary (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {448371/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {900718/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (41-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d394828a-a4ec-4be0-9894-9e6c74b64c7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).