Maryland House Bill 847

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-02-05 - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a person from possessing or claiming a right to possess residential real property the person does not lawfully possess or own with the intent to defraud another; authorizing the owner of certain residential real property to file a certain sworn affidavit and requiring a law enforcement officer to remove a certain person from residential real property under certain circumstances; and providing that the Act does not prohibit the owner of residential real property from filing a wrongful detainer action.

Criminal Law - Fraud - Possession of Residential Real Property

Del. Frank Conaway [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-05	House	Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-04	House	First Reading Judiciary

HB154 (Carry Over) 2025-01-10 - Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Criminal Law	8	906	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0847?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0847f.pdf