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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
MDSB1050Intro
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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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB366Engross
50%
Prohibiting a restriction on land use that increases the cost of installing a solar collector system by at least 5% over a certain cost or that reduces the efficiency of the system by at least 10% under a certain energy generation level; authorizing ...
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2024-03-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1300Intro
25%
Providing that certain restrictions on use that prohibit the use of real property in Montgomery County for housing units otherwise authorized under law are void and unenforceable; and applying the Act retroactively to restrictions on use recorded bef...
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2024-02-27
To House Environment and Transportation 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Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB1181Intro
25%
Requiring the District Court to issue, and a sheriff to immediately execute, a warrant for possession of a property to a person that has submitted a sworn affidavit stating that a person is unlawfully in possession of the property.
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2024-02-20
To Senate Rules 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
MDSB635Intro
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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2024-02-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB29Intro
25%
Providing that certain requirements for the prepayment of certain real property taxes do not apply to an instrument of writing transferring real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir of the decedent.
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB630Intro
25%
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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2024-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB664Intro
25%
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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2024-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB644Intro
25%
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...
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2024-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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
MDSB1146Intro
25%
Requiring a written lease for certain residential or commercial real property in Howard County to include information on the annual charge assessed by the Columbia Association and a description of certain rights and privileges under certain circumsta...
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2024-02-10
To Senate Rules 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
MDSB1127Intro
25%
Requiring each village community association for a village of Columbia to require each candidate for election to the village board or the Columbia Council who receives donations or makes disbursements to file reports of the donations and disbursement...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules 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
MDHB247Intro
25%
Repealing the use of a preliminary loss mitigation affidavit in an order to docket or complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; altering certain requirements for the filing of an action to foreclose a mortgage or dee...
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2024-02-07
Withdrawn by Sponsor
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
MDSB885Intro
25%
Altering the limitation on the liability of a tenant for rent due under a lease due to the tenant's inability to live at the leased premises because of a medical condition to include individuals who will be under the care of a medical professional, p...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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
MDSB992Intro
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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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB898Intro
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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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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
MDSB901Intro
25%
Altering the notice requirement for a leasehold tenant to apply to redeem a ground lease to require that a tenant must provide notice only to ground lease holders who have registered a ground lease in accordance with certain law.
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB962Intro
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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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB946Intro
25%
Establishing that a landlord that offers a residential dwelling unit for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; clarifying that certain mold hazards constitute dangerous conditions and defects for which a tenant may obtain r...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB417Intro
25%
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "local code violation" to authorize community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; and repealing a provision of law requiring the Circuit Court for Ba...
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2024-02-06
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
MDSB53Intro
25%
Providing that certain requirements for the prepayment of certain real property taxes do not apply to an instrument of writing transferring real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir of the decedent.
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2024-02-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB481Intro
25%
Increasing maximum surcharges for certain eviction proceedings from $8 to $93 and prohibiting the District Court from assigning the surcharge against a tenant; altering the priority and criteria in the Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program that...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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
MDSB773Intro
25%
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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2024-02-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB671Intro
25%
Requiring that individuals have access to legal representation in certain foreclosure proceedings; establishing the Access to Counsel in Foreclosure Proceedings Program to organize and direct services and resources to provide covered individuals with...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB392Intro
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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2024-01-29
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment 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
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