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HB 449

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Condominiums - Property Insurance Deductibles - Unit Owner Responsibility

Sponsor: Marvin E. Holmes, Jr. (District 23)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Real PropertyStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Increasing, from $10,000 to $25,000, the maximum amount of the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible for which a unit owner is responsible if the cause of damage to or destruction of any portion of the condominium originates from the unit owner's unit; and providing that a contract for the resale of a condominium unit by a unit owner other than the developer is not enforceable unless it contains a written notice of the unit owner's responsibility for the amount of the deductible where damage or originates from the unit.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVManougian, RobinCommunity Associations InstituteOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSchmitt, PatrickHabitat I Section A Condominium AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVLieberman, JimLeisure WorldWritten (PDF)
FAVGelfound, StaciWPM Real Estate ManagementOral
FAVMorhaim, DannoneWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Holmes, Delegate HolmeslegislatorIndividualOral
UNFPohlhaus, JeannieCross KeysOral
UNFHyatt, JeanneNAOral
FWAHorvath, SteveHOA UnitedOral + Written (PDF)
FWAMay, LisalobbyistMaryland REALTORSWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors