---
type: "Bill"
title: "Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Rights and Restrictions - Composting"
description: "Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Rights and Restrictions - Composting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Maryland HB 248 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shetty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40a561a4-f2c1-4f6e-a723-32816397f26d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0248?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f6975bfd25c4335a613bfa1133d975e0cd20a7bf92518f2faeb72f907c2033fa"
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 248 (2021) — Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Rights and Restrictions - Composting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Rights and Restrictions - Composting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_459_hb0248t.pdf)
2. **First - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Rights and Restrictions - Composting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0248f.pdf)
3. **Third - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Rights and Restrictions - Composting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0248t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **124–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shetty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 459 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40a561a4-f2c1-4f6e-a723-32816397f26d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).