---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Deletion of Ownership Restrictions Based on Race, Religious Belief, or National Origin"
description: "Real Property - Deletion of Ownership Restrictions Based on Race, Religious Belief, or National Origin"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 621"
citation: "Maryland SB 621 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Human Relations", "Attorneys", "Circuit Courts", "Clerks of Court", "Contracts", "Discrimination", "Fees", "Homeowners Associations", "Liability", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Notices", "Real Property", "Recordation", "Records", "Sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef691e87-f311-456d-a444-314b320f4abb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB621&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6422ddc6a7e226b3f17ff6f1a681729e52db76f9d3eed7ad1b20c47609055b46"
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 621 (2018) — Real Property - Deletion of Ownership Restrictions Based on Race, Religious Belief, or National Origin

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0621f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Favorable with Amendments {488772/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-27** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2018-03-29** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Favorable with Amendments {190311/3 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef691e87-f311-456d-a444-314b320f4abb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).