---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Deletion of Unlawful Ownership Restrictions - Exemption From Fees and Surcharges"
description: "Real Property - Deletion of Unlawful Ownership Restrictions - Exemption From Fees and Surcharges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1077"
citation: "Maryland HB 1077 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Anderton", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "Bartlett", "Barve", "Bhandari", "Boteler", "Boyce", "Brooks", "C. Jackson", "Carr", "Ciliberti", "Clark", "Crutchfield", "D.M. Davis", "Feldmark", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Gilchrist", "Grammer", "Guyton", "Harrison", "Healey", "Henson", "Holmes", "Jacobs", "Lehman", "Lierman", "Lopez", "Love", "Metzgar", "Otto", "Parrott", "R. Lewis", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "W. Fisher", "Wells", "Williams", "Wivell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/798e705e-fdf9-4d3c-a215-587338831ab8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1077?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c26e5b76f15ffa08ca5cacefffd72794b5b01c0e83c8719f9edfa6004d1e9821"
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 1077 (2020) — Real Property - Deletion of Unlawful Ownership Restrictions - Exemption From Fees and Surcharges

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Deletion of Unlawful Ownership Restrictions - Exemption From Fees and Surcharges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_421_hb1077t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Deletion of Unlawful Ownership Restrictions - Exemption From Fees and Surcharges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1077f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Deletion of Unlawful Ownership Restrictions - Exemption From Fees and Surcharges** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1077t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Barve — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Boteler — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Jackson — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D.M. Davis — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Gilchrist — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Parrott — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator West) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 421 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/798e705e-fdf9-4d3c-a215-587338831ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).