---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Counties or Municipalities"
description: "Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Counties or Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 182"
citation: "Maryland HB 182 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Boyce", "Foley", "Healey", "Holmes", "Lehman", "Lopez", "Love", "Nawrocki", "Reznik", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a246e33c-da4b-4366-b3b1-1ab2d0b8cb2a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0182?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c8c86c5600514952bf5c128798224624e6e26068ef2b57f903271f5e1ad81412"
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 182 (2023) — Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Counties or Municipalities

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Counties or Municipalities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_476_hb0182t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Municipalities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0182f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Municipalities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0182t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Nawrocki — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 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`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a246e33c-da4b-4366-b3b1-1ab2d0b8cb2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).