Maryland Senate Bill 540

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 20 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-21 - Referred Environment and Transportation
Pending: House Environment and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Prohibiting a cooperative housing corporation, condominium association, or homeowners association from requiring certain sensitive information of certain individuals as a condition for access to a recreational common area; and defining "sensitive information" as an individual's Social Security card or Social Security number, Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, birth certificate, racial or ethnic origin, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, or religious or philosophical beliefs.

Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access

Sen. Nick Charles [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Arthur Ellis [D]
Sen. Mary James [D]	Sen. William Smith [D]

2025-02-20 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 45 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-21	House	Referred Environment and Transportation
2025-02-20	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-0)
2025-02-18	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2025-02-18	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {793621/1 Adopted
2025-02-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2025-01-28	Senate	Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2025-01-24	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB755 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-28 - Referred Judicial Proceedings

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Corporations and Associations	5	6B-23.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Real Property	11	108.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Real Property	11B	111.11	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0540?ys=2025RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0540f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0540t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0540_79362101.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes_comm/sb0540_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/votes/Senate/0231.pdf