---
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: "SB 335"
citation: "Maryland SB 335 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91aa2a8-e025-4601-a525-45eda75ec1fe"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0335?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5cc0d955b3474e58967b8c90f37707758cda7e2ae80a248a17712aa17d3ef7fe"
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 335 (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_477_sb0335t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Municipalities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0335f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Counties or Municipalities** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0335t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e91aa2a8-e025-4601-a525-45eda75ec1fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).