---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Revisions"
description: "Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 951"
citation: "Maryland HB 951 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f33d0b5-8e24-4b1d-a49a-d8df298be0a7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0951?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6cedfdf28e2e5155122afe8f39f0e91aab79cd7ba5ec32381a5b9ea47f0a0268"
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 951 (2026) — Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_746_hb0951t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0951f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0951t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f33d0b5-8e24-4b1d-a49a-d8df298be0a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).