---
type: "Bill"
title: "Condominiums - Claims Against Developers and Vendors - Unenforceability of Certain Provisions"
description: "Condominiums - Claims Against Developers and Vendors - Unenforceability of Certain Provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Maryland HB 77 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Alternative Dispute Resolution", "Arbitration", "Civil Actions", "Claims", "Committees and Commissions", "Condominiums", "Contracts", "Mediation", "Notices", "Rules and Regulations", "Statutes of Limitation", "Voting", "Warranties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9feec32-8076-47f1-8de4-f0abd0a0e8df"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB77&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "db5d6efaff7781ee90e0b319229cd00ad865ad925f85f81f6b807317252baad0"
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 77 (2018) — Condominiums - Claims Against Developers and Vendors - Unenforceability of Certain Provisions

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0077f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** 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/d9feec32-8076-47f1-8de4-f0abd0a0e8df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).