Maryland House Bill 691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 20 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-29 - Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Establishing that a landlord that offers a dwelling for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; adding certain mold hazards to the list of dangerous conditions and defects for which a tenant may obtain relief under the State's rent escrow statute; authorizing a single tenant serving as the lead petitioner for a group of tenants to seek remedies on behalf of a group of tenants for a landlord's failure to repair serious and dangerous defects on the leased premises; etc.

Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act)

Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]

2023-03-20 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 96 N: 38 NV: 2 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-03-17 - House - Floor Amendment 573524/1 (Delegate Munoz) Rejected (Y: 35 N: 98 NV: 3 Abs: 4) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-29	Senate	Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-03-20	Senate	Referred Judicial Proceedings
2023-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (96-38)
2023-03-17	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-17	House	Floor Amendment {573524/1 (Delegate Munoz) Rejected (35-98)
2023-03-17	House	Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Munoz) Adopted
2023-03-17	House	Favorable with Amendments {223026/1 Adopted
2023-03-17	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
2023-02-07	House	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-02-06	House	First Reading Environment and Transportation

SB807 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-14 - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Real Property	8	211	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0691?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0691f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0691t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0691_22302601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0001/hb0691_57352401.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0691_ent.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0450.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0623.pdf