MD SB107

Fair housing testers working for federal, state, or local government programs, or qualified nonprofit civil rights organizations, may lawfully record oral communications they are a party to when gathering evidence of fair housing violations

Nonprofit civil rights organizations must be federally qualified fair housing organizations under 24 C.F.R. § 125.103, or Maryland-incorporated tax-exempt organizations with at least 2 years' experience in complaint intake, investigation, and fair housing testing or enforcement

Recorded communications may only be used for enforcing federal, state, or local fair housing laws and are otherwise inadmissible in any court, hearing, or other government proceeding

Effective date: October 1, 2025