---
type: "Bill"
title: "Condominiums - Buildings More Than 40 Years Old - Study"
description: "Condominiums - Buildings More Than 40 Years Old - Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 956"
citation: "Maryland HB 956 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosenberg"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40462474-3c6a-487e-b28a-a7314d5e27dd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0956?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5b077f95cb2ce3f340df916f9296ef8a1e1dfa9ceafe3dd715fac6e0f53dbf5b"
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 956 (2026) — Condominiums - Buildings More Than 40 Years Old - Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Condominiums - Buildings More Than 40 Years Old - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_779_hb0956t.pdf)
2. **First - Condominiums - Buildings More Than 40 Years Old - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0956f.pdf)
3. **Third - Condominiums - Buildings More Than 40 Years Old - Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0956t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion To Special Order by Senator Ready — **15–28** (fail) · upper
- On Third Reading — **95–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rosenberg — 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.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
- **2026-04-06** Hearing 4/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Ready) Rejected
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 779 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40462474-3c6a-487e-b28a-a7314d5e27dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).