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MDHB372Engross
50%
Establishing the Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to provide residential tenants who are facing eviction for a failure to pay rent with information on workforce development and employment op...
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2024-03-29
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
MDHB498Engross
50%
Altering the information relating to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Program required to be reported by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation each year to include disaggregation by case type, the amount paid to attorneys for each case managed, t...
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2024-03-29
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
MDHB93Engross
50%
Limiting a tenant's liability for rent 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, the management of wh...
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2024-03-27
Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
MDHB159Engross
50%
Altering certain requirements for procedures relating to electric vehicle recharging equipment; establishing requirements and procedures relating to an application to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation to install or use electric ...
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2024-03-27
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
MDHB693Engross
50%
Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of...
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2024-03-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1117Engross
50%
Establishing that a landlord that offers a residential dwelling unit for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; authorizing multiple tenants to join as plaintiffs in a civil action against a landlord and authorizing a court ...
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2024-03-22
[Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB687Engross
50%
Requiring each member of a board of directors or officer of a council of unit owners of a condominium in Charles County and each member of a governing body of a homeowners association in Charles County to successfully complete a certain training curr...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB970Engross
50%
Prohibiting a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent during a certain lease term if the landlord violates a requirement that the landlord provide notification of an increase in rent; and prohibiting a landlord from taking certain retaliatory action...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1408Engross
50%
Authorizing a seller and buyer of certain residential property to rescind a contract of sale without penalty at any time before closing if a certain seller does not provide a certain notice; establishing that a buyer is entitled to a refund of any de...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB793Engross
50%
Requiring certain members of a board of directors or certain officers of a council of unit owners of certain condominiums and certain members of a governing body of a homeowners association to successfully complete a training curriculum on the respon...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1308Engross
50%
Prohibiting a person from recording a deed or other instrument that the person knows contains false information; establishing a 3-year limitation on when a prosecution for a violation of the Act may be commenced; establishing a fine not to exceed $50...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1397Engross
50%
Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability.
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1227Engross
50%
Altering the types of elements and units for which a council of unit owners is required to maintain certain property insurance; requiring the council of unit owners to annually notify, in writing, owners of detached units within a condominium of cert...
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1316Engross
50%
Requiring a District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 45 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a private process serv...
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB705Engross
50%
Requiring a person conducting a meeting of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association by telephone conference, video conference, or similar electronic means to provide a participant a reasonable opportunity to participa...
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2024-03-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB853Engross
50%
Altering a prohibition concerning the maximum penalty for the late payment of rent that a landlord may charge in a residential lease to prohibit a penalty in excess of 5% of the amount of the unpaid rent rather than of the amount due.
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2024-03-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB664Engross
50%
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social medi...
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2024-03-11
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1207Intro
25%
Limiting the application of a requirement that owners of residential, detached units in a condominium regime carry homeowners insurance coverage to units in condominium regimes composed only of residential, detached units.
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2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB673Engross
50%
Prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt.
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2024-03-08
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB783Engross
50%
Prohibiting the governing documents of a homeowners association from restricting or prohibiting the leasing of property to an individual who is not the lot owner for a period of 6 months or more.
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2024-03-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB480Engross
50%
Requiring the vendor to provide a purchaser under a land installment contract with the results of a title search for the property at or before the time the purchaser signs the contract; requiring the inclusion of certain notice, terms, and recitals i...
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2024-02-26
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1208Intro
25%
Exempting cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, and homeowners associations from conducting reserve studies on the vote of at least two-thirds of the members or owners.
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2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB139Engross
50%
Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of utility services for which certain landlords are required to provide a certain notice in a written lease and a copy of a certain receipt or bill summary under certain circumstances.
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2024-02-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1496Intro
25%
Reducing the percentage of unit owners listed on the current roster of a condominium needed to consent to an amendment of a condominium's declaration if none of the units of the condominium are owned by a developer of the condominium from 80% to 66 2...
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2024-02-16
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB564Intro
25%
Requiring a residential lease to include a requirement that a tenant hold a renter's insurance policy; prohibiting a lease from containing certain requirements regarding a renter's insurance policy; and requiring a landlord to acquire a renter's insu...
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2024-02-15
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1295Intro
25%
Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to certain residential rental units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2024, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2024, for residential rental units that undergo r...
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2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1457Intro
25%
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents wit...
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2024-02-12
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1445Intro
25%
Authorizing service of process in an action to repossess leased residential property that also seeks a money judgment to be carried out by a private detective that is also otherwise authorized to serve process under the Maryland Rules.
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2024-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1274Intro
25%
Requiring that a complaint to repossess a residential premises for the failure to pay rent include evidence that the landlord provided the tenant with notice of the landlord's intent to file a claim.
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2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1225Intro
25%
Altering certain requirements for a leasehold tenant to redeem a certain ground lease.
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2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1262Intro
25%
Exempting the governing bodies of common ownership communities that are not established in Prince George's County or Montgomery County and have six or fewer units or lots from reserve study requirements; and extending the deadline, from 3 to 5 fiscal...
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2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1187Intro
25%
Establishing the Reserve Funding Assistance Program to provide funds to residents of common ownership communities in order to assist with the payment of increased assessments as a result of certain reserve studies; authorizing a resident to apply for...
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2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1196Intro
25%
Requiring the seller of any real property to provide a title report to the buyer prior to closing; permitting a buyer to rescind a contract of sale for real property under certain circumstances; and providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair,...
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2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1039Intro
25%
Establishing that certain required notices in certain resale contracts may be provided to a purchaser's real estate agent; altering certain fees a council of unit owners or a homeowners association or its agent may charge for providing certain disclo...
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2024-02-08
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1108Intro
25%
Authorizing a landlord to offer the payment of a fee in lieu of a security deposit in a residential lease subject to certain requirements; requiring a landlord to purchase certain insurance coverage using a fee in lieu of a security deposit; establis...
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2024-02-08
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1035Intro
25%
Establishing the Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund to provide grants to low-income condominium owners who live in condominiums with insufficient reserve accounts to enable a low-income unit owner to pay increased assessments necess...
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2024-02-08
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1114Intro
25%
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedure...
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2024-02-08
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB968Intro
25%
Exempting condominiums in which the council of unit owners votes to fund repairs to the common elements through a special assessment by an affirmative vote of 80% of certain unit owners and certain homeowners associations from provisions of law perta...
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2024-02-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1010Intro
25%
Providing that provisions of the governing documents of a condominium or homeowners association prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the governing body from installing or authorizing the installation of electric vehicle recharging equipment are vo...
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2024-02-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1000Intro
25%
Prohibiting a contract of sale for single-family residential real property from containing the name of an individual buyer prior to acceptance of the contract of sale by the seller; and applying the Act prospectively.
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2024-02-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB751Intro
25%
Authorizing a person who offers for sale to a third party improved single-family residential real property, for the first 30 days, to accept an offer to purchase the property made only by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprof...
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2024-02-06
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB964Intro
25%
Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's cr...
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2024-02-06
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB831Intro
25%
Prohibiting a provision in certain documents of a cooperative housing corporation from prohibiting or restricting the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of a cooperative housing...
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2024-02-05
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB591Intro
25%
Providing that certain requirements for the payment of certain taxes, assessments, and charges do not apply to an instrument of writing transferring real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir or legatee of the decedent.
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2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB616Intro
25%
Prohibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.
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2024-01-26
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB402Intro
25%
Authorizing an individual to bring a nuisance action for damages caused by rodent harborage on certain real property against certain individuals and authorizing a landlord to bring a breach of lease action against a tenant for behavior that causes or...
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2024-01-23
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB279Intro
25%
Establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by a local government.
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2024-01-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB273Intro
25%
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of ...
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2024-01-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
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