All Roll Calls
Yes: 175 • No: 0
MarylandSB 07582026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Common Ownership Communities - Candidate or Proposition Signs - Display Period
Sponsored By: Ron Watson (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
Real PropertyCommon Ownership CommunitiesElectionsEmergency BillsLegislation -see also- Correct Leg; Cur Leg; Emerg BillsPolitical CandidatesSigns and BillboardsTime
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Political sign rights in condos, co-ops, homeowners associations
Maryland law protects your right to display political signs at home in condos, co-ops, and homeowners associations. You can place candidate or ballot-question signs on your own unit, lot, or property. Your association cannot ban or limit them there. Boards can set rules for shared common areas, and those rules must follow federal, State, and local law. If local law does not set a time limit, you may display signs starting 45 days before early voting begins (or 45 days before the election if there is no early voting) and keep them up until 7 days after the vote. This law is in effect now in Maryland.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Ron Watson
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Paul D. Corderman
Republican • Senate
C. Anthony Muse
Democratic • Senate
Chris West
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/8/2026
Third Reading Passed
Yes: 130 • No: 0 • Other: 6
Senate vote • 3/19/2026
Third Reading Passed
Yes: 45 • No: 0 • Other: 2
Actions Timeline
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288
4/28/2026Returned Passed
4/9/2026SenateThird Reading Passed (130-0)
4/8/2026HouseFavorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
4/3/2026HouseFavorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
4/3/2026HouseHearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
3/24/2026HouseReferred Government, Labor, and Elections
3/20/2026HouseThird Reading Passed (45-0)
3/19/2026SenateSecond Reading Passed
3/18/2026SenateFavorable Adopted
3/18/2026SenateFavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
3/16/2026SenateHearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
2/12/2026SenateFirst Reading Judicial Proceedings
2/6/2026Senate
Bill Text
Third Reading
3/18/2026
First Reading
2/6/2026
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