---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings"
description: "Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 686"
citation: "Maryland SB 686 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a51cd8b-2ff1-4c7e-a6fe-0aa56a78548c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0686?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "af3171848746e5b1f86ee88aadba3ea3eebd974b1bac4e656333b33387539539"
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 686 (2021) — Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_523_sb0686e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0686e.pdf)
3. **First - Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0686f.pdf)
4. **Third - Real Property - Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperative Housing Corporations - Virtual Meetings** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0686t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 523 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a51cd8b-2ff1-4c7e-a6fe-0aa56a78548c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).