HB0200 — Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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9 sponsors
1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (8 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; and requiring, beginning July, 1, 2027, a vendor of certain residential real property to provide the purchaser with a completed real property flood risk disclosure statement form before entering into a contract for the sale of the property.
Bill Text
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Read HB0200 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Pena-Melnyk · Cosponsor
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman · Primary
- Delegate Dylan Behler · Cosponsor
- Delegate Michele Guyton · Cosponsor
- Delegate Edith J. Patterson · Cosponsor
- Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur · Cosponsor
- Delegate Sheila Ruth · Cosponsor
- Delegate Sean A. Stinnett · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jen Terrasa · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 179 not signed on · 34 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman Democrat
Co-sponsors (8)
- Delegate Pena-Melnyk
- Delegate Dylan Behler Democrat
- Delegate Michele Guyton Democrat
- Delegate Edith J. Patterson Democrat
- Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur Democrat
- Delegate Sheila Ruth Democrat
- Delegate Sean A. Stinnett Democrat
- Delegate Jen Terrasa Democrat
Not signed on (179)
179 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 179 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 40 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 2% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (48)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 85 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Republican | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 94 | 35 | 0 | 12 |
| % of votes cast | 67% | 25% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0200 do?
- Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop, publish, and maintain a real property flood risk disclosure statement form that includes certain information about a property's flood risk and history; and requiring, beginning July, 1, 2027, a vendor of certain residential real property to provide the purchaser with a completed real property flood risk disclosure statement form before entering into a contract for the sale of the property.
- Who sponsors HB0200?
- HB0200 is sponsored by Delegate Pena-Melnyk, Delegate Mary A. Lehman (Democrat), Delegate Dylan Behler (Democrat), Delegate Michele Guyton (Democrat), Delegate Edith J. Patterson (Democrat), Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democrat), Delegate Sheila Ruth (Democrat), Delegate Sean A. Stinnett (Democrat), and Delegate Jen Terrasa (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0200?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2026. Enacted.
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