SB 150 Maryland Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements

SB 150 updates Maryland's requirements for recording real property documents. It revises formatting rules (requiring 10-point black type on white paper with specific margins), clarifies definitions (like "land" now meaning "property"), and mandates electronic recordation systems for county clerks. The bill directly affects property owners, real estate professionals, and county clerks who file deeds, mortgages, or other land-related documents. Non-compliant documents now incur triple the standard recording fee, and clerks must verify signatures and typed names before recording.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Oct 24, 2024 Signed Apr 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

Third - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements → Enrolled - Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements · 4 edits · Apr 8, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was finalized and enrolled for the Governor's signature, changing its status from a draft to an official law. Substantively, the text of the law remains largely the same, but several formatting inconsistencies were corrected, including standardizing section headers and clarifying definitions for 'Deed of trust' and 'Land record' to ensure consistent interpretation.

Scope change

No change in the scope or applicability of the law; the changes are primarily administrative and editorial.

TECHNICAL

The bill's header was updated to reflect its final 'Enrolled' status, indicating it is ready for the Governor's approval.

Various formatting errors, such as inconsistent capitalization and stray bracketed text in definitions like 'Person' and 'Property', were cleaned up for clarity.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'Land record' was slightly clarified to specify that it affects the 'title relating to property' instead of just 'title to property'.

The definition of 'Deed of trust' was edited to remove bracketed editorial notes, clarifying that it secures a debt or obligation.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 14, 2025

How they voted

45–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 46

Mar 17, 2025

D Democratic33

33 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican13

12 Yea 1

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 8, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66

executive

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Enrolled

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third Reading Passed

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Senate Concurs House Amendments

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (45-0-1)

senate

Mar 14, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (130-0-9)

house of delegates

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Referred Environment and Transportation

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third Reading Passed

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

upper

Jan 8, 2025

Committee

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

upper

Oct 24, 2024

Introduced

Pre-filed

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors