| MD | HB896 | Intro 25% | Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances; providing that a certain landlord may collect financial information fro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 [Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB872 | Intro 25% | Clarifying the circumstances under which liability for the failure to comply with certain requirements relating to a tenant's right of first refusal to purchase residential property is restricted to the owner of the property and does not attach to th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 [Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB911 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a landlord to impose an increased security deposit if a tenant operates or plans to operate a family child care home on the leased premises; prohibiting a landlord of certain residential rental property from prohibiting or unreasonably li... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB609 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30 [Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB606 | Intro 25% | Clarifying the circumstances under which liability for the failure to comply with certain requirements relating to a tenant's right of first refusal to purchase residential property is restricted to the owner of the property and does not attach to th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30 [Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB677 | Intro 25% | Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances; providing that a certain landlord may collect financial information fro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB705 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting the governing body of a county or municipality from enacting a local law or ordinance prohibiting the offering of residential property as a short-term rental by an operator solely because the operator is a lessee or sublessee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29 [Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB709 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29 [Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB747 | Intro 25% | Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before January 1, 2026, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manne... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29 [Hearing: Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB817 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a landlord from using certain algorithmic devices to determine the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29 [Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB767 | Intro 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29 [Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB651 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a county to enact, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB804 | Intro 25% | Requiring the governing body of a common ownership community to develop a smoking policy that applies to all common areas of the property if the property subject to the control of the governing body is a multifamily dwelling. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29 [Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB808 | Intro 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB442 | Intro 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28 [Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB556 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting the knowing and willful presentation of certain false documents in order to possess real property; prohibiting a person from leasing to another real property the person does not own or is not authorized to lease and from listing or advert... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28 [Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB514 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28 [Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB549 | Intro 25% | Authorizing an individual to bring a nuisance action for damages caused by rodent harborage on certain real property against certain individuals; authorizing a landlord to bring a breach of lease action against a tenant for behavior that causes or co... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27 [Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB390 | Intro 25% | Authorizing an owner of real property used for rental housing and the governing body of a county to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement for maintaining at least 50% of the rental housing units located at the real property as affordable dw... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-18 [Hearing: Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm] To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB242 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting the inclusion of a consumer credit history, any written account by a credit reporting agency bearing on a consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity, in a reusable tenant screening report; prohibiting certain discrim... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB273 | Intro 25% | 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB339 | Intro 25% | Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to certain residential rental units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2025, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2025, for residential rental units that undergo c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15 [Hearing: Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB327 | Intro 25% | Authorizing an owner of real property used for rental housing and the governing body of a county to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement for maintaining at least 50% of the rental housing units located at the real property as affordable dw... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB192 | Intro 25% | Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; requiring a county or municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property when the taxes consist only of a lien for unpaid water and sewer service; authorizing a c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-14 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB229 | Intro 25% | Requiring the 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 se... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB32 | Intro 25% | Requiring the 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 se... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB108 | Intro 25% | Requiring the governing body of a common ownership community to develop a smoking policy that is at least as stringent as the applicable State and local laws regarding smoking if the property subject to the control of the governing body is a multifam... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB87 | Intro 25% | Applying certain health and safety requirements to short-term rental units and home amenities; prohibiting certain activities at a home amenity or short-term rental; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB59 | Intro 25% | Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; requiring a county or municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property when the taxes consist only of a lien for unpaid water and sewer service; authorizing a c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB132 | Intro 25% | Applying certain health and safety requirements to short-term rental units and home amenities; prohibiting certain activities at a home amenity or short-term rental; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |