---
type: "Bill"
title: "Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Sales of Common Elements and Common Areas"
description: "Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Sales of Common Elements and Common Areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 809"
citation: "Maryland SB 809 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Condominiums", "Counties", "Homeowners Associations", "Liens", "Notices", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muse"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5acbc64a-5cb0-46ba-af39-4637708d6957"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB809&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "15534fdf7856bc3909113bc3297895bb43ce0e29dafe2f04b5e83f8389eacfb2"
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 809 (2017) — Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Sales of Common Elements and Common Areas

## 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/sb0809f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Muse — primary (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** 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 {758275/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Floor Amendment {183324/1 (Senator Zirkin) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/28 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 {750912/1 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 (44-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5acbc64a-5cb0-46ba-af39-4637708d6957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).