MD SB162 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-25 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-25 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Limiting a tenant's liability for rent under a residential lease to not more than 2 months' rent after the date on which the tenant vacates a leased premises if a physician or psychologist completes a form specifying that the tenant has a mental disorder that causes the continued habitation of the leased premises to be unfeasible or unsustainable and requires the tenant to move to a home, facility, or institution to obtain a higher level of care than can be provided at the leased premises and the tenant vacates the leased premises.
Title
Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-04-02 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 114 N: 23 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-25 | Senate | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 |
| 2024-04-03 | Senate | Returned Passed |
| 2024-04-02 | House | Third Reading Passed (114-23) |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| 2024-04-01 | House | Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| 2024-03-18 | House | Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Referred Environment and Transportation |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Third Reading Passed (44-0) |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments {663027/1 Adopted |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| 2024-01-15 | Senate | Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | First Reading Judicial Proceedings |
| 2023-10-18 | Senate | Pre-filed |
Same As/Similar To
HB93 (Crossfiled) 2024-04-25 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290
Subjects
Contracts
Counselors
Developmentally Disabled Persons
Forms
Landlords and Tenants
Leases and Rent
Liability
Licenses
Mental and Behavioral Health
Psychologists
Real Property
Residential Property
Vulnerable Adults
Counselors
Developmentally Disabled Persons
Forms
Landlords and Tenants
Leases and Rent
Liability
Licenses
Mental and Behavioral Health
Psychologists
Real Property
Residential Property
Vulnerable Adults
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Property | 8 | 212.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
