Maryland House Bill 472 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 25 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-12 - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizing a landlord who uses a written lease to collect certain fees and charges as rent under certain conditions; providing that the Act applies only if the written lease used by a landlord includes a certain provision and provides a certain notice; requiring a lease to include notice of the ratio utility billing system used to allocate certain charges, under certain circumstances; prohibiting a landlord from filing a complaint for repossession if the only unpaid fee or charge is for water and is under $50; etc.

Real Property - Residential Leases - Collectible Rent (Rent Transparency Act)

Del. Dana Stein [D]	Sen. Pamela Beidle [D]	Del. Andrew Cassilly [R]	Sen. William Folden [R]
Del. Marvin Holmes [D]	Del. Jay Jalisi [D]	Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Sen. Cory McCray [D]
Del. Charles Otto [R]	Del. Shane Robinson [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]	Sen. Chris West [R]
Del. William Wivell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-12	House	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation; Withdrawn
2018-02-09	House	Hearing canceled
2018-02-13	House	Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-01-25	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0472?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0472f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb0472.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/hb0472_env.pdf