---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Sheriff's Sales - Procedures and Subordinate Interests"
description: "Real Property - Sheriff's Sales - Procedures and Subordinate Interests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Maryland SB 277 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKay"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db6e7e48-ca40-4565-ae4d-a1f0a453db19"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0277?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "73b6ec599ac6b3d1ba88b347f6014e34fd0ce2c0d363bd6f93b732f8c2f1e24c"
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 277 (2023) — Real Property - Sheriff's Sales - Procedures and Subordinate Interests

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Sheriff's Sales - Procedures and Subordinate Interests** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_762_sb0277e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Real Property - Sheriff's Sales - Procedures and Subordinate Interests** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0277e.pdf)
3. **First - Real Property – Sheriff’s Sales – Notice, Procedures, and Subordinate Interests** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0277f.pdf)
4. **Third - Real Property - Sheriff's Sales - Procedures and Subordinate Interests** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0277t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- McKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 762 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db6e7e48-ca40-4565-ae4d-a1f0a453db19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).