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MDHB823PassEstablishing 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 ...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744
MDHB287PassExcluding the cash value of any qualified retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts from the definition of "assets" for purposes of certain property tax relief provided to certain renters; and applying the Act to all taxable years be...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 898
MDSB342PassExcluding the cash value of any qualified retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts from the definition of "assets" for purposes of certain property tax relief provided to certain renters; and applying the Act to all taxable years be...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 899
MDSB162PassLimiting 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289
MDSB19PassRequiring the District Court to shield all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding that did not result in a judgment of possession; authorizing the District Court, on motion of a tenant, to shield a...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347
MDHB139PassAdding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more residential units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, before the initiation of a lease and each term thereaf...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 225
MDSB171PassAdding 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226
MDHB93PassLimiting 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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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290
MDSB147PassAltering the information relating to the Access to Counsel in Eviction Program required to be reported by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation each year to include the number of cases in which an individual was provided legal representation, the a...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313
MDSB354PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 295
MDHB372PassEstablishing 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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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 294
MDHB498PassAltering 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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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 312
MDHB693PassEstablishing 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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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
MDHB1117PassEstablishing 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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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125
MDHB181Engross

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Requiring the District Court to shield all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding under certain circumstances; authorizing the District Court to shield all court records relating to a failure to pa...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB689Engross

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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 ...
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2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB11Intro

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...
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2024-03-25
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB477Engross

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Authorizing a county, including Baltimore City, to adopt by local law or ordinance provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; and establish...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB1167Intro

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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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2024-03-21
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB970Engross

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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
MDSB91Engross

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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...
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2024-03-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB725Intro

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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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2024-03-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1316Engross

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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
MDHB853Engross

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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
MDHB783Engross

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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
MDHB564Intro

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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

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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
MDSB644Intro

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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

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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
MDSB1159Intro

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Prohibiting a person responsible for a premises from conducting, causing, authorizing, or aiding in maintaining an unruly social event; authorizing certain fire officials to enter a certain premises for a certain purpose without a search warrant unde...
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB1445Intro

Sine Die
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

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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

Sine Die
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
MDHB1108Intro

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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
MDHB1114Intro

Sine Die
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
MDSB885Intro

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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
MDSB992Intro

Sine Die
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
MDSB901Intro

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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
MDSB946Intro

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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
MDHB964Intro

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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
MDSB481Intro

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...
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2024-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB773Intro

Sine Die
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
MDHB402Intro

Sine Die
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
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