republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2017/sb-487.md

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Bill	Baltimore City - Residential Ground Leases - Abandoned Property	Baltimore City - Residential Ground Leases - Abandoned Property	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2017	SB 487	Maryland SB 487 (2017)	bill	Real Property Counties - Local Laws Abandoned Property Baltimore City Civil Actions Leases and Rent Real Property	enacted	McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Conway	1	16	3	2017-01-30	2017-05-25	openstates	ocd-bill/d394828a-a4ec-4be0-9894-9e6c74b64c7b	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB487&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs	1c7d82a77be5989d477ea58439e260eca1c079b75033973eda76aa84381e72c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 487 (2017) — Baltimore City - Residential Ground Leases - Abandoned Property

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 41–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading — 141–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Conway — primary (person)
• Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-03-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-17 Favorable with Amendments {448371/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-17 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-03-20 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2017-03-21 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2017-04-07 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Favorable with Amendments {900718/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-07 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (141-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2017-04-10 Third Reading Passed (41-0) passage
• 2017-04-10 Passed Enrolled
• 2017-05-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d394828a-a4ec-4be0-9894-9e6c74b64c7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).