---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Notice of Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Conditions - Recordation"
description: "Real Property - Notice of Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Conditions - Recordation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 570"
citation: "Maryland SB 570 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/024bfcc8-33c8-4684-aa3f-25258c87f4a3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0570?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7a5f9905dce26f73c852a2f0da27e3d07fcc0737259470388efdcc4c6ff12381"
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 570 (2020) — Real Property - Notice of Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Conditions - Recordation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Notice of Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Conditions - Recordation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_566_sb0570t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Notice of Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Conditions - Recordation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0570f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Notice of Easements, Covenants, Restrictions, and Conditions - Recordation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0570t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 566 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/024bfcc8-33c8-4684-aa3f-25258c87f4a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).