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MarylandSB 07582026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Common Ownership Communities - Candidate or Proposition Signs - Display Period

Sponsored By: Ron Watson (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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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.

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

All Roll Calls

Yes: 175 • No: 0

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

  1. Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288

    4/28/2026

  2. Returned Passed

    4/9/2026Senate

  3. Third Reading Passed (130-0)

    4/8/2026House

  4. Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

    4/3/2026House

  5. Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections

    4/3/2026House

  6. Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.

    3/24/2026House

  7. Referred Government, Labor, and Elections

    3/20/2026House

  8. Third Reading Passed (45-0)

    3/19/2026Senate

  9. Second Reading Passed

    3/18/2026Senate

  10. Favorable Adopted

    3/18/2026Senate

  11. Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

    3/16/2026Senate

  12. Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.

    2/12/2026Senate

  13. First Reading Judicial Proceedings

    2/6/2026Senate

Bill Text

  • Third Reading

    3/18/2026

    PDF

  • First Reading

    2/6/2026

    PDF

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