| MD | SB191 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on dwellings that are owned by certain eligible employees of the Prince George's County Public School System; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776 |
| MD | SB570 | Pass | Requiring certain gas companies and authorizing certain gas companies to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems by October 1, 2024; requiring a gas company that serves at least 75,000 customers in its distribution territo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 |
| MD | SB1 | Pass | Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity supply agreements or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 537 |
| MD | SB1074 | Pass | Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 532 |
| MD | SB783 | Pass | Requiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipalit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| MD | SB15 | Pass | Altering procedures for the dispute settlement mechanism under the Maryland Cooperative Housing Corporation Act and applying the mechanism to any complaint or demand formally arising on or after October 1, 2023, with a certain exception.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 |
| MD | SB199 | Pass | Authorizing a condominium regime to be established on certain land owned by an affordable housing land trust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 288 |
| MD | SB162 | Pass | Limiting a tenant's liability for rent under a residential lease 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 diso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 |
| MD | SB46 | Pass | Establishing the unenforceability of contracts for the sale of condominium units that do not contain a statement by the vendor or the unit owner as to whether the vendor or owner has actual knowledge of the presence of asbestos in the condominium, in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291 |
| MD | SB171 | Pass | Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, at the initiation of a lease and each term thereafter, providing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 |
| MD | SB125 | Pass | Requiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to include a certain addendum, written in conspicuous type, to the contract for the sale of the property; requiring the addendu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352 |
| MD | SB321 | Pass | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property that is used for cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 150 |
| MD | SB354 | Pass | Establishing the Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to provide defendant tenants in failure to pay rent cases with workforce resources and information on workforce development, registered appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 295 |
| MD | SB665 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 |
| MD | SB704 | Pass | Expanding eligibility for financial assistance under the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program to include individuals who purchase certain qualified property after a qualified project is completed, at an affordable sales ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 156 |
| MD | SB1169 | Pass | Establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for commercial real estate transactions related to a buyer's right to make certain title, settlement, and escrow selections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 199 |
| MD | SB231 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a public adjuster, or anyone acting on behalf of a public adjuster, from soliciting or attempting to solicit a client during the progress of a loss-producing occurrence or between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; requiring a public a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fraser-Hidalgo, Qi and Wilson) |
| MD | SB689 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB906 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring each political subdivision to inventory vacant commercial buildings, develop a plan to convert certain vacant commercial buildings for residential use, and submit a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development on or before ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB537 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the distance restrictions applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements for licensed cannabis dispensaries and certain licensed cannabis growers that are more ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB1167 | 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; establis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB91 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Leasing Training Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to train, prepare, and connect job seekers with careers in the residential rental housing industry; requiring the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning to ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB25 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit for a certain dwelling, the definition of "fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker" to include disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who have died regardless of the cause o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB725 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB695 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the construction of new multifamily residential buildings with separate garages, carports, or driveways for each residential unit to include certain parking spaces for electric vehicle charging; requiring certain significant renovations of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB893 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from locating a new crematory or a property with a crematory incinerator within 1,000 feet of certain properties in Areas III and IV of the State; and prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a certain permit to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB630 | Intro
Sine Die | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB644 | 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] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB1146 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB625 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to sell at tax sale a residential property to enforce a lien for unpaid charges for water and sewer service if the property is not owner-occupied.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB1054 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a county or municipality to implement a certain web-based platform for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and mai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1139 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a food retailer to offer to purchase a Class A license from a Class A license holder under certain circumstances; and authorizing a food retailer to apply to a local licensing board for a Class A license under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB885 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB946 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB555 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual located in a residence or place of private use or accommodation without the consent of the individual; altering the penalties for the crime of visual surve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB908 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing, under certain circumstances, an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for interest paid or accrued by a certain disqualified single-family property owner in connection with certain single-family residential real property and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB53 | Intro
Sine Die | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB481 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB779 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set a special property tax rate for improved residential property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; establishing a subclass ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB766 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB671 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB639 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with at least an 80% service connected disability; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB519 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the collector of taxes in Baltimore City to withhold any owner-occupied residential property from tax sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB447 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a bill of rights for unit owners of a condominium, members of a cooperative housing corporation, and lot owners of a homeowners association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB141 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the governing body of a common ownership community to develop a smoking policy if the property subject to the control of the governing body is a multifamily dwelling.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB340 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing Baltimore City, a county, or a municipal corporation to grant the property tax credit to offset increases in local income tax revenues to the owner-occupied property of a homeowner for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022, but befo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-13
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
