---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access"
description: "Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 540"
citation: "Maryland SB 540 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles", "Ellis", "James", "M. Washington", "Muse", "Smith"]
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/3abe06cb-7c89-4f49-ad2f-8b9ce35e8764"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0540?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7e62fdba28b30565837c1c5b6ed0cace9cfab3f0b6813fa278577dc0ace636f1"
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 540 (2025) — Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_522_sb0540e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0540e.pdf)
3. **First - Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0540f.pdf)
4. **Third - Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0540t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Smith — 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`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 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 522 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3abe06cb-7c89-4f49-ad2f-8b9ce35e8764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).