---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Homeowners Associations - Number of Declarant Votes"
description: "Real Property - Homeowners Associations - Number of Declarant Votes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Maryland SB 305 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Homeowners Associations", "Real Property", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e44816d-1ba2-4213-a0ba-dbce2a12fab8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB305&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "c352fc33f4ca790366eeab6c1332f995c6378ce6aa7d9f00dde4eee371dd7449"
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 305 (2019) — Real Property - Homeowners Associations - Number of Declarant Votes

## 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/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0305f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing 2/14 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-18** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Hearing canceled
- **2019-03-18** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 327 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e44816d-1ba2-4213-a0ba-dbce2a12fab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).