Maryland Senate Bill 582 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 12 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-12 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
Pending: House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Providing that a personal liability clause in a commercial lease or associated document is unenforceable if, as the result of certain proclamations relating to the outbreak of COVID-19, a commercial tenant was required to cease operations or close to the public and the commercial tenant's default occurred between March 23, 2020, and September 30, 2020; providing that the period of the declared state of emergency and the catastrophic health emergency may not be used to calculate the time limitation on filing a certain action; etc.

Commercial Tenants – Personal Liability Clauses – Enforceability

Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]

2021-04-12 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 34 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-12	House	Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2021-04-12	Senate	Third Reading Passed (34-12)
2021-04-12	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2021-04-12	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {338870/1 Adopted
2021-04-12	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2021-02-22	Senate	Hearing 2/26 at 10:00 a.m.
2021-02-22	Senate	Hearing canceled
2021-02-15	Senate	Hearing 2/26 at 2:00 p.m.
2021-02-15	Senate	Hearing canceled
2021-02-01	Senate	Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m.
2021-01-29	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB719 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-28 - Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0582?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0582f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0582t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/amds/bil_0002/sb0582_33887001.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes_comm/sb0582_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/votes/Senate/1280.pdf