| MD | HB174 | Pass | Establishing that information regarding the status of a rental property as an affected property under certain lead-based paint abatement laws may be an issue of fact at trial.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-29
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 729 |
| MD | HB521 | Pass | Authorizing certain individuals to petition a court to remove from public inspection certain records relating to an action for repossession of residential property for failure to pay rent; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the cons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-29
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 722 |
| MD | SB592 | Pass | Providing that, in an action of summary ejectment for failure to pay rent where a landlord or park owner is awarded a judgment giving restitution of the leased premises, a tenant or resident who has the right to redemption of the leased premises by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-29
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 672 |
| MD | HB932 | Pass | Providing that, in an action of summary ejectment for failure to pay rent where a landlord or park owner is awarded a judgment giving restitution of the leased premises, a tenant or resident who has the right to redemption of the leased premises by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-29
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 671 |
| MD | HB86 | Veto | Requiring a landlord to make a certain disclosure to prospective tenants if the landlord uses a ratio utility billing system; making a certain lease provision unenforceable if the landlord fails to make the disclosure; requiring a landlord to documen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB384 | Veto | Providing for the stay of certain eviction proceedings when a tenant is waiting for a determination regarding the tenant's good faith application for rental assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | SB563 | Veto | Requiring a landlord to submit to the clerk of the court evidence of compliance with certain local rental property licensure requirements and demonstrate that the landlord is compliant with the licensure requirements; etc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-27
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB91 | Pass | Requiring the online registry of properties subject to ground leases maintained by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to include certain information; and requiring the holder of an irredeemable ground rent to file a renewal notice of in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 326 |
| MD | SB6 | Pass | Requiring a landlord to make a certain disclosure to prospective tenants if the landlord uses a ratio utility billing system; making a certain lease provision unenforceable if the landlord fails to make the disclosure; requiring a landlord to documen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-09
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 34 |
| MD | SB279 | Pass | Altering the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund to include money received by the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General from a final settlement, an agreement, or a judgment relating to an investigation or enfor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-09
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 21 |
| MD | HB571 | Pass | Altering the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund to include money received by the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General from a final settlement, an agreement, or a judgment relating to an investigation or enfor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-09
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 20 |
| MD | HB703 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a landlord to submit to the clerk of the court evidence of compliance with certain local rental property licensure requirements and demonstrate that the landlord is compliant with the licensure requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-09
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB662 | Pass | Requiring the Comptroller to distribute $14,000,000 of certain abandoned property funds to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund for fiscal year 2024; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $14,0...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-09
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 40 |
| MD | HB1069 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a tenant to notify the tenant's landlord if the tenant knows or reasonably suspects the tenant's dwelling unit contains bedbugs; requiring a landlord receiving notice from a tenant to provide for the inspection and, if necessary, treatment ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-06
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB674 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing for the stay of certain eviction proceedings when a tenant is waiting for a determination on a good faith application for rental assistance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-04-04
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB323 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a landlord from using a lease or form of lease that contains a provision that limits a tenant's ability to summon, or penalizes a tenant or another individual solely for summoning, the assistance of law enforcement or emergency services; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB551 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a landlord to notify a tenant in writing or through electronic mail at least 90 days before increasing the tenant's rent by more than 4%.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB918 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing requirements for the installation and removal of cable television systems within the individual dwelling units of leased residential property in Montgomery County; authorizing a tenant, landlord, or cable television company to bring an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB564 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the court to grant a recess or a continuance in certain landlord and tenant actions for certain purposes, including for the purpose of obtaining eviction prevention services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB361 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before June 1, 2024, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-18
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB343 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the calculation of simple interest on security deposits held by a residential landlord or a mobile home park owner and owed to a residential tenant or mobile home park resident by repealing the requirement that interest be calculated at a ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-03-07
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| MD | HB1309 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a landlord to repossess property for failure to pay rent in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the landlord to provide a certain notice to a certain tenant in a certain manner; establishing a certain rebuttable presum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB881 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a county to adopt by local law or ordinance provisions prohibiting a landlord of residential property from failing to renew a lease or from terminating a holdover tenancy without just cause; and establishing certain requirements for a loc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB759 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Ground Rent Redemption Fund for the purpose of providing grants to individuals for the redemption of ground rent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB681 | Intro
Sine Die | 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; establi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-08
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB691 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the court to grant a recess or a continuance in certain landlord and tenant actions and actions for wrongful detainer for certain purposes, including for the purpose of obtaining eviction prevention services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB712 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor, for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, to appropriate a certain amount of federal rental assistance money to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; and requiring certain excess federal rental assistanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB693 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing certain surcharges on certain fees, charges, and costs in certain civil cases in the circuit courts and the District Court; requiring that certain surcharges collected be deposited into the Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund and dire...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB724 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Comptroller to distribute $11,800,000 of certain abandoned property funds to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund for fiscal year 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-02-03
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB521 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor to appropriate a certain amount of federal rental assistance money to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; and requiring certain excess federal rental assistance funds to be appropriated to the Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB529 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a tenant to promptly notify the landlord in a certain manner when the tenant knows or reasonably suspects that the tenant's dwelling unit contains bed bugs; requiring a landlord notified of the presence or suspected presence of bed bugs to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB298 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, from not more than $8 to not more than $73, the surcharge that the District Court is required to assess per civil case for summary ejectment, tenant holding over, and breach of lease that seeks a judgment for possession of residential pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB392 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a single tenant to seek remedies on behalf of a group of tenants or a tenants' organization for a landlord's failure to repair serious and dangerous defects on the leased premises; authorizing a tenant to bring a civil action for money da...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB367 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a landlord of residential property to follow certain processes and procedures concerning rental assistance programs in the State prior to filing a complaint to repossess for failure to pay rent against a tenant experiencing financial hardsh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-25
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB347 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a landlord in Anne Arundel County to repossess property in a certain manner for the failure of a tenant to pay rent under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB320 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of General Services, to adopt certain regulations on or before June 1, 2024, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-20
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | SB223 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, from not more than $8 to not more than $73, the surcharge that the District Court is required to assess per civil case for summary ejectment, tenant holding over, and breach of lease that seeks a judgment for possession of residential pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB134 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent because a judgment was entered against the tenant in a failure to pay rent action; requiring the District Court to seal all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-10
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB101 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring as part of a complaint for repossession for failure to pay rent that a landlord provide registration or licensing information for a property for which registration or licensing is required under local law and to state whether a property is ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-01-10
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
