---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ground Leases – Notices and Billing – Forms and Requirements"
description: "Ground Leases – Notices and Billing – Forms and Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Maryland HB 118 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-05"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2ce7340-28d3-42ea-a732-d3b369465720"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0118?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "958713e3b6774a4b09b082bc875ac943bde1097626c6c6fb0fb51b880635025d"
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 118 (2023) — Ground Leases – Notices and Billing – Forms and Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Ground Leases – Notices and Billing – Forms and Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_184_hb0118t.pdf)
2. **First - Ground Leases – Notices and Billing – Forms and Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0118f.pdf)
3. **Third - Ground Leases – Notices and Billing – Forms and Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0118t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-05** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Hearing 1/31 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2ce7340-28d3-42ea-a732-d3b369465720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).