---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements"
description: "Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 150"
citation: "Maryland SB 150 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-24"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/596c40f7-25d4-4cbb-a1e3-b967df14e9d7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0150?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a3eeabea05c8d38c3fad8859ae00da0e0ae5e91f16fe65c812ca97d76e822fc5"
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 150 (2025) — Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_66_sb0150e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0150e.pdf)
3. **First - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0150f.pdf)
4. **Third - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0150t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/15 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/596c40f7-25d4-4cbb-a1e3-b967df14e9d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).