Maryland Senate Bill 770 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on April 3 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-04-04 - Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
Pending: House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing that the District Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction over certain residential eviction cases in Baltimore City; authorizing a landlord in Baltimore City to take possession of a dwelling only under certain circumstances; providing that the Act may not be construed to prohibit a landlord in Baltimore City from taking certain measures to secure an unsecured premises if the landlord makes a good faith attempt to provide reasonable notice and promptly restores possession of the property to the tenant; etc.

Baltimore City - Holding Over - Landlord Restrictions and Tenant Remedies

Sen. Jill Carter [D]

2023-04-03 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-04	House	Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2023-04-03	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2023-03-28	Senate	Motion Special Order until 3/29 (Senator McCray) Adopted
2023-03-27	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-27	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {853122/1 Adopted
2023-03-27	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
2023-02-14	Senate	Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-06	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

HB882 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-22 - Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) and Hearing canceled (Environment and Transportation)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Courts and Judicial Proceedings	4	401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Real Property	8	216	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Baltimore City	9	15	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0770?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0770f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0770t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0000/sb0770_85312201.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/sb0770_jpr.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0854.pdf