---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Ground Leases - Past Due Ground Rent"
description: "Real Property - Ground Leases - Past Due Ground Rent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Maryland SB 170 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f71dbcd-7e8d-4a6f-890f-a24ec7b768c9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0170?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a17e5c3cb9c786ee92a9e79849c7c3c5dc3a44a5029328a72fed1d36eff7e46"
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 170 (2020) — Real Property - Ground Leases - Past Due Ground Rent

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Ground Leases - Past Due Ground Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_125_sb0170t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Ground Leases - Past Due Ground Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0170f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Ground Leases - Past Due Ground Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0170t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-02-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 125 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f71dbcd-7e8d-4a6f-890f-a24ec7b768c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).