---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenant Modifications - County or Municipality Notice Requirements"
description: "Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenant Modifications - County or Municipality Notice Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 513"
citation: "Maryland SB 513 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Henson", "Love", "Muse", "Smith", "Sydnor", "Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e43592cb-9870-4f48-b7c0-e9649fb81b0e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0513?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5b6bb7f29fc2a1b56d9cc5d8eeca67d88b7a5038d9832fcd89f4de2c195facec"
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 513 (2025) — Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenant Modifications - County or Municipality Notice Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenant Modifications - County or Municipality Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_540_sb0513e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenant Modifications - County or Municipality Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0513e.pdf)
3. **First - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenant Modifications - County or Municipality Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0513f.pdf)
4. **Third - Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenant Modifications - County or Municipality Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0513t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 540 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e43592cb-9870-4f48-b7c0-e9649fb81b0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).