MarylandMaryland requires a blockchain study for property ownership and leases
Maryland’s State Department of Assessments and Taxation must study shared digital records for property ownership, leases, and disputes involving people without a legal right to stay.
What it does
Maryland’s property assessment agency must study blockchain, a shared digital record system, for checking property ownership and leases. Findings are due to the governor and legislature by December 31, 2026.
Argument forThe study could help Maryland judge whether shared digital records would help courts resolve disputes over people occupying property without legal rights.
Argument againstCoordinating the study and preparing its report could take time away from other work at participating agencies and legal aid groups.
More detail
Maryland’s State Department of Assessments and Taxation must study blockchain for recording and checking property ownership and leases and report its findings. The study also examines whether blockchain can help police and courts resolve disputes involving people who occupy property without ownership, a lease, or a right to possess it. The agency must work with Maryland courts, state and local police, the attorney general, legal aid groups, the Maryland Blockchain Association, and technology vendors. The law took effect June 1, 2026. The agency must report the study results to the governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 26Approved by the Governor Wes Moore - Chapter 747Became Law
- Apr 9Passed EnrolledTo Governor
- Apr 9Third Reading PassedMajor
- Apr 9House Concurs Senate Amendments
- Apr 3Third Reading PassedPassed Senate
- Apr 1Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Apr 1Favorable with Amendments {Minor
- Apr 1Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and TaxationMinor
- Mar 25Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 23Referred Budget and TaxationMinor
- Vote recorded On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 20Third Reading PassedPassed House
- Mar 19Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 19Favorable with Amendments {Minor
- Mar 19Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic MattersMinor
- Mar 16
- Vote recorded On Third Reading (Amend). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 8
- Vote recorded On Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 6Reassigned to Economic Matters
- Feb 4First Reading Ways and MeansIntroduced
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