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type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Ground Leases - Repeal of Registration Fees"
description: "Real Property - Ground Leases - Repeal of Registration Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Maryland HB 172 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df46ff4e-bbd6-4a57-a21b-d8faa265754b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0172?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ab1ea8afd4dbeb1d9005ce43c548a3c044a00b8f3f425bf9982aa13f8cd4791d"
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 172 (2020) — Real Property - Ground Leases - Repeal of Registration Fees
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Real Property - Ground Leases - Repeal of Registration Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_94_hb0172t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Ground Leases - Repeal of Registration Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0172f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Ground Leases - Repeal of Registration Fees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0172t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-17** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-17** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 94 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df46ff4e-bbd6-4a57-a21b-d8faa265754b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).