Legislation Status Report
Saturday December 9, 2023
| Bill | Fiscal Note | Details | Status | House Hearing | Senate Hearing | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 11 (SB 483) | Link | Private Well Safety Act of 2023 Stewart Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations by December 31, 2026, to identify additional standards for water quality testing; requiring the Department, subject to certain funding and in consultation with the Department of Information Technology, to utilize an online portal to receive and upload certain information and to provide public access to the information; requiring the Department of the Environment to consistently share the information collected with the Maryland Department of Health and local health departments; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 587 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/1 3:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 23 (SB 746) | Link | Mobile and Manufactured Homes - Relocation Plans and Sales of Communities (Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2023) Stewart Altering requirements relating to relocation plans for mobile home parks to require a plan for park residents who will be dislocated as a result of the change in land use; requiring the owner, 60 days prior to entering into a contract to sell the community, to provide notice of the terms of the offer to homeowners in the community and provide them the opportunity to purchase the housing community; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to list certain agencies to assist homeowners with the purchase of a community; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 177 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Thu 1/26 2:00 PM | No Position | |
| HB 29 | Link | Residential Owners in Common Ownership Communities Bill of Rights Holmes Establishing a bill of rights for unit owners of a condominium, members of a cooperative housing corporation, and lot owners of a homeowners association. | In the House - Hearing 1/26 at 2:00 p.m. (1/17) | Environment and Transportation Thu 1/26 2:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 30 (SB 7) | Link | Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Board, Fees, and Penalties Stein Altering the composition of the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals; clarifying and altering the distribution of certain fees and penalties; and clarifying the application of certain license requirements and penalties. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 66 (4/11) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/1 3:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 34 | Link | Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Prohibition on Rent Increases and Shielding of Court Records Hill Prohibiting a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent because a judgment was entered against the tenant in a failure to pay rent action; 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; requiring the District Court to shield all court records relating to a failure to pay rent proceeding, on motion by a tenant, under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to publish a certain form; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (3/22) | Environment and Transportation Thu 1/26 2:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 36 (SB 100) | Link | Real Property - Actions to Repossess - Proof of Rental Licensure Lehman Requiring, in certain actions to repossess residential rental property, a landlord to submit to the clerk of the court evidence of compliance with local rental property licensure requirements and demonstrate that the landlord is compliant with the licensure requirements. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481 (5/8) | Judiciary Thu 1/19 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 37 (SB 90) | Link | Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023) Stewart Prohibiting a person from making certain telephone solicitations to a certain called party in a certain manner by restricting the methods, times, and identifying information that the person making the call may utilize; providing that the Act does not apply to certain entities and circumstances; and making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 (5/3) | Economic Matters Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 43 | Link | Property Tax - Tax Sales - Payment of Balance After Foreclosure Atterbeary Requiring each county to establish a process for a person entitled to any balance over the amount required for the payment of taxes, interest, penalties, and costs of sale to claim the balance after a tax sale foreclosure; and requiring the collector of taxes for a county to notify the prior property owner, within 90 days after delivering a deed to a purchaser, of the amount of a certain balance and the process for claiming the balance. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 271 (5/3) | Tue 1/24 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/29 1:00 PM | Support 1 |
| HB 45 | Link | Homestead Property Tax Credit Program - Notice of Eligibility - Lead Registry and Code Compliance R. Long Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to include with a required notice to a homeowner about the homestead property tax credit certain information regarding a homeowner's obligation to register residential rental property constructed before 1978 with the Maryland Department of the Environment and to comply with State and local building and housing codes for rental property. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/13) | Support 1 | ||
| HB 46 | Link | Corporate Income Tax - Combined Reporting Lehman Requiring affiliated corporations to compute Maryland taxable income using a certain combined reporting method; authorizing certain corporations, subject to regulations adopted by the Comptroller, to determine certain income using the water's edge method; providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland corporate income tax for certain changes to a certain combined group's deferred tax assets or liabilities that are the result of certain provisions of the Act; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | Thu 2/2 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 52 | Link | Condominiums - Sales Contracts - Asbestos Disclosure Foley Establishing the unenforceability of contracts for the sale of condominium units that do not contain certain notice relating to the presence of asbestos. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (3/22) | Economic Matters Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 55 | Link | Local Government - Condominium and Homeowners Associations - Repair and Rehabilitation Funds Holmes Authorizing a county or a municipality to establish a certain fund for the purpose of providing support for the repair of infrastructure in a community subject to a condominium association or a homeowners association; and requiring that certain property tax revenues be assigned to a fund created under the Act. | In the House - Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m. (1/12) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 57 | Link | Property Tax - Tax Sales - Requirement to Sell Atterbeary Repealing certain limitations on the authority of certain local governments to set the time by which a property with taxes in arrears must be sold by the tax collector. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 272 (5/3) | Tue 1/24 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/29 1:00 PM | No Position |
| HB 60 (SB 315) | Link | Housing Innovation Pilot Program and Housing Innovation Fund - Establishment (Housing Innovation Pilot Program Act of 2023) Stewart Establishing the Housing Innovation Pilot Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide funds for certain mixed-income, cross-subsidized housing and to create opportunities to increase the volume of housing production; establishing the Housing Innovation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to be used only to provide low- or no-interest loans to local housing authorities; etc. | In the House - Hearing 1/31 at 2:30 p.m. (1/13) | Environment and Transportation Tue 1/31 2:30 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 73 | Link | Homestead Property Tax Credit - Calculation of Credit for Dwelling Purchased by First-Time Homebuyer R. Long Authorizing certain local governments to allow, by law, a first-time homebuyer in the State to calculate the homestead property tax credit for property that includes a newly purchased dwelling using a certain method; requiring that the credit for a newly purchased dwelling be calculated in a certain manner; and providing that a certain homeowner may receive the larger of the homestead property tax credit amounts as calculated using certain methods. | In the House - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. (1/17) | Tue 1/31 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 79 (SB 296) | Link | Housing and Community Development - Whole-Home Repairs Act of 2023 Stewart Establishing the Whole-Home Repairs Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide grants to certain local administering agencies for the purposes of ensuring that owner-occupied and rental units are free of habitability concerns, improving coordination across home repairs programs, and increasing retention in workforce development programs; and establishing the Whole-Home Repairs Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 1/31 2:30 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 80 | Link | Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers Holmes Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit certain persons from providing certain services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc. | In the House - Hearing 1/26 at 2:00 p.m. (1/17) | Environment and Transportation Thu 1/26 2:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 81 | Link | Community Development Administration - Live Near Where You Teach Program - Establishment Amprey Authorizing the Community Development Administration in the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer a home buyer assistance program and certain community development projects that assist certain school staff members with the purchase of homes near where the school staff member is employed. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Thu 1/26 2:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 83 | Link | Property Tax - Tax Sales - Redemption Atterbeary Requiring a tax collector to make certain attempts to contact a certain plaintiff or holder of a certificate of sale regarding certain expenses; and authorizing a collector to redeem certain property without a certain satisfaction letter if a plaintiff or holder of a certificate of sale fails to respond within 5 days after certain attempts by the collector to make contact. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 273 (5/3) | Tue 1/24 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/29 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 90 | Link | Local Government - Regulatory Powers - Regulation of Invasive Bamboo Foley Authorizing the governing bodies of counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances to regulate invasive bamboo, including by prohibiting a person from selling, planting, and allowing invasive bamboo to grow on the property of the person without proper upkeep and appropriate containment measures. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | No Position |
| HB 92 (SB 193) | Link | Ground Leases - Collection of Rent, Interest, Fees, and Other Expenses - Registration Requirements Holmes Establishing that ground leases or amendments that are not posted on the State Department of Assessments and Taxation's website are not considered registered or amended; prohibiting a ground lease holder from collecting or attempting to collect rent, late fees, interest, collection costs, and other expenses related to a ground lease unless the ground lease is registered with the Department; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 1/31 2:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 93 (SB 196) | Link | Residential Ground Leases - Redemption and Extinguishment - Requirements Holmes Repealing the prohibition against a tenant who is seeking to redeem or extinguish ground rent providing certain documentation and payments to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation earlier than 90 days after an application for redemption or extinguishment has been posted on the Department's website. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 1/31 2:30 PM | No Position | |
| HB 98 (SB 403) | Link | Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations Arentz Altering the types of elements and units for which a council of unit owners is required to maintain certain property insurance and altering certain requirements for the property insurance policy; and requiring owners of detached units to carry homeowners insurance on the entirety of the unit. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 186 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Thu 1/26 2:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 99 (SB 316) | Link | Education - Public High Schools - Financial Literacy Curriculum Sample-Hughes Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a half-credit course in financial literacy; requiring each county board of education to implement the financial literacy curriculum content and make the course available to students in every public high school in the county; and repealing a provision of law requiring the State Department of Education to report on certain financial literacy information at a certain interval. | In the House - Hearing 2/01 at 2:00 p.m. (1/27) | Wed 2/1 2:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 101 (SB 593) | Link | Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment Charkoudian Authorizing certain governing bodies of a condominium to grant leases in excess of 1 year or similar interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/3) | Environment and Transportation Thu 1/26 2:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 102 (SB 279) | Link | Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections Stein Requiring the Department of Agriculture to publish a fact sheet on the protection of pets in the event of an eviction or any other loss of possession of real property; requiring a landlord to provide a link to the fact sheet on the Department's website at the execution of a lease on or after November 1, 2023; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to provide a link to the fact sheet at certain times; requiring a sheriff or any other official to return a pet to a tenant or certain other person or to contact an animal shelter or rescue organization; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Tue 1/31 2:30 PM | Oppose 1 | |
| HB 105 | Link | Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Bodies and Annual Meetings Holmes Requiring that unit owners or lot owners have an opportunity to comment during certain meetings convened by the board of directors, the developer, or the declarant of a condominium or a homeowners association; requiring the developer of a condominium to appoint a unit owner, not otherwise affiliated with the developer, to the board within 30 days after the date on which units representing 25% of the votes have been conveyed by the developer to members of the public for residential purposes; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (3/22) | Environment and Transportation Thu 1/26 2:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| HB 118 (SB 194) | Link | Ground Leases - Notices and Billing - Forms and Requirements Holmes Prohibiting a leasehold tenant of an unregistered ground lease from being required to hold more than 3 years of ground rent in escrow; requiring a ground lease holder to mail certain notices or bills to a leasehold tenant in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to make available on its website the form a ground lease holder must use to provide a leasehold tenant bills or notices; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 1/31 2:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 122 | Link | Wetlands and Waterways - Riparian Rights - Voluntary Registry and Notice Bagnall Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish and maintain a voluntary registry on the Department's website for property owners who have registered a claim of riparian rights with the Department; requiring the Governor to appropriate funds to the Department to cover the cost of establishing and maintaining the registry; and requiring the holder of a covenant for riparian rights to be provided notice of a proposed project in the immediate area at the beginning of the State or local permitting process or other approval process. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/27) | No Position | ||
| HB 144 | Link | Real Estate Brokers - Inactive Licenses - Requirements After Expiration Qi Requiring a person who fails to reactivate a real estate broker license on inactive status within 3 years to comply with specified requirements to obtain a license. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339 (5/3) | Economic Matters Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/21 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 147 (SB 250) | Link | Environment - Climate Crisis Plan - Requirement Fraser-Hidalgo Requiring each county to prepare a climate crisis plan to address the effects of climate change in the county; requiring each county to submit its plan to the Department of the Environment for review and feedback on or before June 1, 2024; requiring the Department to provide feedback to each county on or before November 1, 2024; requiring each county to finalize its plan on or before January 1, 2025; and requiring each county to review and update its plan at least once every 3 years. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/8 1:30 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 148 | Link | Economic Development - Enterprise Zone Program - Alterations Palakovich Carr Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Commerce may designate an area as an enterprise zone or a focus area; prohibiting the Secretary from designating a new enterprise zone or granting an expansion of an existing enterprise zone if the Secretary reasonably anticipates that the aggregate amount of property tax credits claimed for the immediately preceding fiscal year may exceed $60,000,000; and terminating the Program on January 1, 2031, except under certain circumstances. | In the House - Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18) | Thu 2/2 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 150 (SB 166) | Link | Housing and Community Development - Adaptive Reuse Stewart Establishing that adaptive reuse, retrofitting, and repurposing of existing buildings to develop new affordable multifamily housing is an eligible use of certain financial assistance provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to notify applicants for certain financial assistance that adaptive reuse is an eligible use of funds; and providing that the notice requirement does not apply to individuals applying for loans from the Department that are not focused on housing. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 174 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Support 4 | |
| HB 151 | Link | Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases Wells Prohibiting a landlord from including a certain term in a lease pertaining to electronic delivery of the notice of a rent increase; requiring a landlord to notify a tenant in writing before increasing the tenant's rent through first-class mail or, if elected by the tenant, electronic delivery; requiring a county or municipality that adopts a certain local law related to limitations on rent increases to report annually certain information on building permits issued for multifamily dwellings intended as rental housing; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 146 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 169 (SB 144) | Link | Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing Charkoudian Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve certain target annual incremental gross energy savings for the 2024-2026 program cycle; establishing the Green and Healthy Task Force to develop policy and statutory recommendations to eliminate barriers to low-income households achieving, energy-efficient, affordable, and low-emissions housing; requiring an annual report beginning July 1, 2024; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 572 (5/8) | Economic Matters Thu 3/2 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 182 (SB 335) | Link | Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Counties or Municipalities Reznik Authorizing a county or municipality to execute and record a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawfully restrictive covenant for a property within the boundaries of the county or municipality after providing persons with an ownership interest in the property with 30 days' written notice; and providing that persons with an ownership interest in property that is subject to an unlawfully restrictive covenant may decline action by a county or municipality to execute and record a restrictive covenant modification. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 190 (SB 77) | Link | Housing and Community Development - Homeowner's Extreme Weather Mitigation and Preparation Grant Program Ivey Establishing the Homeowner's Extreme Weather Mitigation and Preparation Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist homeowners, local governments, and nonprofit organizations in preparing and repairing residential properties to mitigate water damage caused by extreme weather; limiting a grant awarded to a homeowner to $5,000 or less; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the program beginning in fiscal year 2025. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 209 (SB 58) | Link | Corporations and Associations - Revisions Watson Altering certain provisions governing the issuance of stock, convertible securities, and scrip; clarifying the authority of corporations to hold annual meetings by remote communication; clarifying the application of certain provisions of law to the conversion of a corporation; requiring a real estate investment trust that voluntarily dissolves to file a notice of termination with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 560 (5/8) | Economic Matters Wed 2/8 1:00 PM | No Position | |
| HB 211 | Link | Rental Housing Fund, Calculation of Taxable Income, and Transfer Tax - Alterations (Affordable Housing Investment Act) Palakovich Carr Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include in the annual budget bill $20,000,000 for the Rental Housing Fund; requiring certain taxpayers to add a certain deduction back to federal adjusted gross income to determine Maryland taxable income; altering the rate of the transfer tax on certain residential real property; and requiring taxpayers who itemize deductions on a State income tax return to reduce the amount of the deductions by the amount of certain qualified residence interest paid or accrued during the taxable year. | In the House - Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 215 (SB 450) | Link | Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition Palakovich Carr Prohibiting a landlord from using a lease or form of lease that contains a provision that limits a tenant's ability to summon, or penalizes a tenant or another individual solely for summoning, the assistance of law enforcement or emergency services; prohibiting a landlord from taking certain retaliatory actions because a tenant or another individual summons the assistance of law enforcement or emergency services for certain purposes; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from enacting certain laws; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 (5/16) | Judiciary Wed 2/1 2:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 225 (SB 904) | Link | Foreclosure Proceedings - Residential Mortgagors and Grantors - Access to Counsel Charles Requiring that individuals have access to legal representation in certain foreclosure proceedings; establishing the Access to Counsel in Foreclosure Proceedings Program and Special Fund; requiring the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation under the Program; requiring the Comptroller to collect a fee on residential property sales to be paid to the Fund; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/01 at 2:30 p.m. (1/25) | Judiciary Wed 2/1 2:30 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 235 | Link | Tax Sales - Owner-Occupied Property - Foreclosure, Notice, and Reimbursement of Expenses Kaiser Prohibiting in all counties, rather than Baltimore City only, a holder of a certificate of sale from filing a complaint to foreclose the right of redemption for owner-occupied residential property until 9 months from the date of sale; prohibiting in all counties, rather than Baltimore City only, a certain notice from being sent to certain persons with an interest in owner-occupied residential property sold at tax sale until 7 months after the date of sale; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 315 (5/3) | Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/29 1:00 PM | No Position |
| HB 239 (SB 382) | Link | Accessory Dwelling Unit Policy Task Force J. Long Establishing the Accessory Dwelling Unit Policy Task Force to survey and document a representative sampling of the variety of ordinances, laws, codes, and policies regarding the development and operation of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for single-family residential use; and requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and General Assembly on its activities on or before November 1, 2023, and its findings and recommendations on or before June 1, 2024. | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 798 (5/28) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 268 | Link | Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit Wilkins Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after July 1, 2023, to not exceed $1,000,000; and altering a certain limitation on the amount of the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after July 1, 2023, to not exceed $1,000,000. | In the House - Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m. (1/25) | Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 281 (SB 485) | Link | Residential Property - Sales Contracts - Disclosures Fair Requiring a contract for the sale of residential real property located within 0.5 miles of a site listed on the Superfund Enterprise Management System to contain a notice signed by the homeowner of the proximity of the property to the Superfund site to be initialed by the buyer; and establishing that a contract may not be voided because the contract did not contain notice of the proximity of the property to a Superfund site or was not initialed by the buyer. | In the House - Hearing 2/14 at 2:00 p.m. (2/7) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/14 2:00 PM | Table | |
| HB 282 (SB 307) | Link | Financial Institutions - Mortgage Loan Originators - Independent Contractors Queen Altering certain provisions of law relating to the licensing of mortgage loan originators to provide for the licensing of certain independent contractors as mortgage loan originators under certain circumstances; and requiring licensed mortgage lenders to supervise certain activities of certain mortgage loan originators in a certain manner. | In the House - Conference Committee Appointed (4/10) | Economic Matters Wed 2/8 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 301 | Link | Real Estate Brokers - Brokerage Services - Real Estate Wholesaling Rosenberg Altering the definition of "provide real estate brokerage services" to include engaging in the business of real estate wholesaling to require an individual providing such services to be licensed as a real estate broker, an associate real estate broker, or a real estate salesperson. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/18) | Economic Matters Tue 2/7 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 315 (SB 817) | Link | Multifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies Washington 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. | In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/2) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 371 (SB 476) | Link | Recordation Tax - Indemnity Mortgage Exemption - Threshold Amount Attar Altering the threshold amount for certain indemnity mortgage transactions that are exempt from the recordation tax from less than $3,000,000 to less than $12,500,000; and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after July 1, 2024. | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 800 (5/28) | Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 392 | Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Reinvestment Act Wells Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to examine and prepare a written evaluation of the record of certain regulated financial institutions in meeting the financial needs of local communities where the institution is chartered; requiring the Commissioner to give a certain regulated financial institution a certain rating based on a certain examination and to prepare a written evaluation; requiring a certain regulated financial institution to prepare a certain improvement plan under certain circumstances; etc. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/28) | Oppose 3 | |||
| HB 404 | Link | Property Tax - Local Homeowners' Credit Supplement - Limitation on Combined Gross Income Feldmark Authorizing counties and municipal corporations to alter a certain limitation on the combined gross income of a homeowner for purposes of a local supplement to the homeowners' property tax credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 530 (5/8) | Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 3/30 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 423 (SB 894) | Link | Task Force on Common Ownership Communities Holmes Establishing the Task Force on Common Ownership Communities to study the education and training needs of common ownership community boards and new and prospective owners of homes and dwelling units in common ownership communities; and requiring the Task Force to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2024. | In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/20) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/14 2:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 425 | Link | Real Property - Land Installment Contracts - Requirements and Vendor Duties and Limitations Taylor 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 in a land installment contract formed in the State; altering, from 40% to 20%, the percentage of the original cash price of a land installment contract that the purchaser must pay before the purchaser may demand a grant of the deed to the property to the purchaser; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (3/16) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 3/23 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 1 |
| HB 434 | Link | Maryland Condominium Act - Amendments to the Declaration Charles Reducing from 80% to 66 2/3% the percentage of unit owners listed on the current roster of a condominium needed to provide written 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. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (3/22) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/14 2:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 450 (SB 116) | Link | Property Tax - Municipal Corporation Business Personal Property Tax Rate - Alterations J. Lewis Altering the municipal corporation tax rate applicable to business personal property and certain operating real property to be not more than a certain amount; and applying the limitation on the municipal corporation tax rate to special rates prevailing in a taxing district or part of a municipal corporation. | In the House - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) | Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | No Position | |
| HB 457 (SB 65) | Link | Recordation Tax - Purchase Money Mortgage or Purchase Money Deed of Trust - Extent of Exemption Embry Providing that the exemption from the recordation tax for a purchase money mortgage or purchase money deed of trust applies only to the extent that the purchase money mortgage or purchase money deed of trust secures purchase money. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/28 at 1:15 p.m. (3/23) | Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Tue 3/28 1:15 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 460 | Link | Department of Housing and Community Development - Racial Equity Impact Assessment Taylor Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, by December 31, 2024 and each year thereafter, to complete a racial equity impact assessment evaluating the impact of financial assistance administered by the Department and whether the assistance is equitably invested in the communities with the greatest need and those with the largest population of economically marginalized peoples; and requiring the Department to work with independent experts on the assessment and to make the assessment available to the public. | In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 474 (SB 945) | Link | Sale of Residential Real Property - Offers to Purchase and Transfer Tax Amprey Authorizing a person who offers for sale to a third party improved, single-family residential real property, for the first 30 days, to accept only an offer to purchase the property made by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprofit organization or a certain real estate enterprise; and altering the rate of the State transfer tax payable for an instrument of writing for a sale of certain residential real property under certain circumstances. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 500 | Link | Community Development Administration - Home Improvement Projects - Mandated Appropriation (maintenance support for affordable housing act of 2023) Henson Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, an appropriation of $1,500,000 to the Community Development Administration to fund home improvement projects in residential buildings. | In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Appropriations Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 501 | Link | Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program and Fund - Established Queen Establishing the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program to provide financial assistance in the form of loans to political subdivisions to support the purchase and renovation HUD dollar homes and abandoned residential properties for resale to low-to moderate-income buyers; establishing the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide financial assistance in the form of loans under the provisions of the Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Homeownership Program; etc. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Support 1 | |
| HB 505 (SB 198) | Link | Elevator Safety - Privately Owned Single-Family Residential Elevators - Inspection and Registration Requirements Rogers Establishing that an elevator installed in a privately owned single-family residential dwelling on or after October 1, 2023, is subject to certain inspection and registration requirements; prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry from disclosing to the public any information regarding a registered elevator unit installed in a privately owned single-family residential dwelling; and requiring the Commissioner to delete certain registration information on the completion of the final acceptance inspection on a certain unit. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 293 (5/3) | Economic Matters Wed 2/15 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 508 (SB 435) | Link | Property Tax Credit - Disabled Law Enforcement Officers and Rescue Workers - Definition and Eligibility D. Jones Requiring a county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a law enforcement officer or rescue worker; altering eligibility for the tax credit to include certain disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who were domiciled in the State as, or any time within the 5 years before the officer or worker died or was determined to be disabled; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 (5/8) | Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 532 | Link | Homeowners Associations - Authority to Levy Fines Holmes Authorizing, subject to the provisions of the Maryland Homeowners Association Act and its declaration or bylaws, a homeowners association to levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, the bylaws, or the rules and regulations of the homeowners association; and requiring a homeowners association to provide notice and opportunity for a hearing prior to levying fines under the Act. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 534 | Link | Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts Holmes Requiring that certain funds for the reserve account of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; extending the duration to comply with a certain funding requirement related to reserve accounts; and requiring a residential condominium or a homeowners association to review the reserve study annually for accuracy. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (3/16) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 3/23 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 548 (SB 550) | Link | Financial Regulation - Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund - Establishment (Access to Banking Act) The Speaker Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund as an instrumentality of the State for purposes of developing opportunities for banking institutions and credit unions to better serve the needs of low- to moderate-income tracts; providing for certain assessment offset credits for certain banking institutions and credit unions in certain areas; authorizing the use of the Banking Institution and Credit Union Regulation Fund for certain purposes; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432 (5/8) | Economic Matters Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 551 (SB 547) | Link | Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives The Speaker Requiring the Office of Statewide Broadband within the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study as to how the State can incentivize broadband service providers to expand broadband infrastructure to communities that are unserved or underserved; and requiring the Office to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2024. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 (5/8) | Thu 2/16 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 567 | Link | Residential Property - Affordable Housing Land Trusts - Authority to Establish Condominium Regimes R. Lewis Authorizing a condominium regime to be established on certain land owned by an affordable housing land trust. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m. (3/16) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 3/23 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| HB 577 | Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Reentry-Into-Society Status Fennell Establishing reentry-into-society status as a protected class for purposes of State fair housing laws and prohibiting discriminatory practices in residential real estate transactions and the sale or rental of a dwelling because of a person's reentry-into-society status; and defining "reentry-into-society status" as the state of having completed a court-ordered sentence of imprisonment. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/27) | Oppose 3 | |||
| HB 599 (SB 61) | Link | Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer Hartman Repealing the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a public safety officer; repealing a certain limitation on the amount of the credit; requiring the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that authorizes the credit to establish, by law, the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of eligibility for the credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (4/10) | Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 602 (SB 417) | Link | Environment - State Wetlands - Shoreline Restoration Stein Altering the requirements for making certain improvements to protect a person's property against erosion; requiring the Department of the Environment, in coordination with the Department of Natural Resources, to designate priority shoreline restoration zones where conditions exist that degrade the resilience of the land and the habitat connectivity between the land and water; establishing in a certain Fund a coastal resilience and living shoreline restoration account to provide grants for certain shoreline stabilization projects; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 604 (SB 500) | Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plans Issued Through Professional Employer Organizations - Exemption Qi Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to individuals and small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization that engages in employee leasing. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/27) | Monitor | |||
| HB 608 (SB 535) | Link | Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs Lehman Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 618 (SB 364) | Link | Property Tax Credit - Dwellings of Public Safety Officers - Retired Personnel Pruski Altering, for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023, the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain retired personnel for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a certain dwelling that is owned by the public safety officer; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) | Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 619 | Link | General Assembly - Legislation - Housing Impact Analysis Schmidt Requiring certain Executive Branch agencies to prepare a housing impact analysis rating and a housing impact analysis concerning the effect of certain proposed legislation on the cost and availability of housing under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor's office to submit a copy of the housing impact analysis rating and the housing impact analysis to the Department of Legislative Services and a certain committee within a reasonable time prior to the hearing on the bill; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 12:00 p.m. (2/28) | Fri 3/3 12:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 620 | Link | Corporations and Associations - Annual Report Filings - Repeal of Fees D. Barnes Repealing the filing fees paid by certain corporations and business entities to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation for annual reports that are filed but not recorded. | In the House - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) | Economic Matters Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 625 (SB 445) | Link | Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations Amprey Expanding the forms of financial assistance available under the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program; altering eligibility requirements for projects that may receive financial assistance under the Program; altering the time period when applications may be submitted under the Program; repealing certain restrictions on the amount of financial assistance that may be provided under the Program; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 135 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 635 (SB 936) | Link | Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability Wivell Limiting the liability of a certain person for certain discharges from a construction site; and providing that the civil or administrative penalty for discharge from a construction site may not exceed $5,000 for each violation or $25,000 total. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Support 1 | |
| HB 639 | Link | Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration Smith 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 a community association to impose certain restrictions on the installation of solar collector systems in common areas or common elements; authorizing a community association to install a solar collector system in common areas or common elements under certain circumstances; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m. (3/30) | Environment and Transportation Fri 2/24 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 4/4 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 651 | Link | Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Evaluation and Reporting Requirement Grossman Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to evaluate, as compared to inflation, a certain income limitation on eligibility for and the calculation of a certain property tax credit under the renters' property tax relief program and to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2023, and every 5 years thereafter. | In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) | Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 662 (SB 443) | Link | Real Estate Brokers, Salespersons, and Associate Brokers - Continuing Education Courses - Alterations Rogers Altering the requirements for the subject matter of continuing education courses for licensees issued an initial license by the Real Estate Commission. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313 (5/3) | Economic Matters Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 669 (SB 455) | Link | Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications Holmes Altering the qualifications for a real estate appraisal license and for a certificate for residential or general real estate appraisal to include completion of certain criteria in the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 387 (5/3) | Economic Matters Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 684 (SB 504) | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Just Cause Termination Provisions Wilkins 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 local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act. | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | Environment and Transportation Fri 2/24 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| HB 691 (SB 807) | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act) Stewart 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. | In the Senate - Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m. (3/29) | Environment and Transportation Fri 2/24 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 4/4 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 |
| HB 723 (SB 526) | Link | Natural Resources - Forest Preservation and Retention Love Altering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; altering certain methods of calculating forest afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; authorizing local jurisdictions to adopt certain alternative afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a workgroup to evaluate and recommend incentives for private landowners to conserve forest; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/1 1:30 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 728 (SB 579) | Link | Residential Property - Service Agreements - Prohibitions Amprey Prohibiting certain service agreements for the maintenance, purchase, or sale of residential property from containing certain provisions; prohibiting the recordation of service agreements prohibited under the Act; etc. | In the Senate - Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 757 (SB 919) | Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease Addison Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; etc. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/6) | Support 3 | |||
| HB 766 | Link | State Transfer Tax - Exemption for Real Property Used as Principal Residence Chisholm Exempting from the State transfer tax instruments of writing that transfer real property to individuals who will use the real property as a principal residence for consideration that is $350,000 or less. | In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) | Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 779 (SB 518) | Link | Tax Sales - Revisions Buckel Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to file a motion with a court to request that a certain certificate of sale be assigned to the governing body of the county or municipal corporation in a certain foreclosure action under certain circumstances; providing that, on a grant of the motion by the court, the holder of the certificate of sale forfeits certain rights and the amount paid to acquire the certificate of sale; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 79 (4/11) | Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 780 (SB 563) | Link | Tax Sales - Property Maintenance and Nuisance Condition Violation Judgments and Foreclosure Proceedings Buckel Authorizing a tax sale for real property for certain unpaid judgments for property maintenance and nuisance condition violations of local law; establishing that certain judgments are a first lien on real property; establishing the priority of certain liens on real property; authorizing the governing body of Allegany County or Washington County or a municipal corporation in Allegany County or Washington County to file a complaint to foreclose the right of redemption at any time under certain circumstances; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) | Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 826 (SB 848) | Link | Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment Wilkins Establishing a Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide vouchers and housing assistance payments for low-income families that are on a waiting list under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program; requiring the Department and public housing agencies to administer the State Program; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, to include in the annual budget bill $10,000,000 for the State Program; etc. | In the Senate - Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 830 (SB 477) | Link | Residential Construction - Electric Vehicle Charging Terrasa Establishing and altering certain requirements related to the installation of equipment for the charging of electric vehicles during the construction of certain housing units; clarifying that a county or municipal corporation may require a greater number of electric vehicle parking spaces; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to study certain issues related to the installation of electric vehicle parking spaces at multifamily residential buildings and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2023; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 582 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 831 | Link | Environment - Septic Systems - Online Database Stein Requiring the Department of the Environment to develop and maintain a certain online database of all septic systems installed in the State to track certain information; requiring a local jurisdiction to report information on septic systems to the Department in a manner determined by the Department; and requiring the Department to establish a workgroup to oversee the development and population of the database. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/18) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/1 1:30 PM | Support 3 | |
| HB 836 | Link | Residents of Common Ownership Communities - Discharge of Liabilities in Bankruptcy Proceedings Holmes Prohibiting an assessment, a charge, a fee, or a fine, or a lien related to an assessment, a charge, a fee, or a fine, owed to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association, from being discharged in bankruptcy. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/6) | Monitor | ||
| HB 837 | Link | Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Residential Property Foreclosure Sales - Purchaser Requirements Holmes Requiring a purchaser of residential property in a condominium or homeowners association at a foreclosure sale to immediately record an instrument transferring the residential property and requiring the purchaser to immediately begin payment of regular assessments until the title to the residential property is recorded by a new owner; and authorizing the governing body of a condominium or homeowners association to charge the purchaser a fine of up to $500 per month if the regular assessments are not paid. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 838 (SB 643) | Link | Housing - Community Development Program Act - Funding Henson Requiring the Administrator of a certain abandoned property fund to distribute $5,000,000 to a certain Community Development Program Fund; altering the contents of the Community Development Program Fund to include any money distributed from a certain abandoned property fund; and repealing a certain provision providing for the construction of certain Acts of the General Assembly concerning the Community Development Program Act. | In the House - Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Appropriations Tue 3/14 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 840 (SB 743) | Link | Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023 Boyce Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for certain communication with certain residents in a certain manner; and altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies. | In the House - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 841 | Link | Real Property - Nuisance Actions - Rodent Harborage Grammer Authorizing an individual to bring a nuisance action for damages caused by rodent harborage on real property against an owner of the property; defining "rodent harborage" as a condition that provides sustenance or shelter for rodents, promotes their reproduction and continued existence on a property, creates or contributes to property damage, is injurious to public health and safety, or obstructs the reasonable use of the property; and authorizing the court to award compensatory and punitive damages to a prevailing plaintiff. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 844 | Link | Housing and Community Development - Common Ownership Community Website Pasteur Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish and maintain a website that provides certain information on the rights and responsibilities of individuals living in a common ownership community. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 216 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 845 | Link | Real Property - Recordation of Instrument With False Information - Penalties and Actions to Quiet Title Wivell Prohibiting a person from recording a deed or other instrument that the person knows or has reason to know contains false information; establishing a 3-year limitation on when a prosecution for a violation of the Act may be commenced; establishing a fine not to exceed $500 for a violation of the Act; and authorizing a court to award certain costs and attorney's fees in an action to quiet title if the action or a defense to an action is based on the alleged recordation of a deed containing false information. | In the House - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) | Judiciary Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 852 (SB 903) | Link | Land Use - Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing - Application to Religious Organizations Stewart Requiring, on or after July 1, 2024, a county that uses an expedited development review process for proposed affordable housing developments to consider certain applications from bona fide religious organizations under the expedited development review process; and authorizing a county to opt out of the provisions of the Act by establishing an expedited development review process and by adopting a local law prohibiting the consideration of applications from religious organizations on or before June 30, 2024. | In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 882 (SB 770) | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Holding Over - Landlord Restrictions and Tenant Remedies Smith Establishing that the District Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction over certain residential eviction cases; clarifying that a tenant holding over may file a petition for injunctive relief under certain circumstances; authorizing a landlord in Baltimore City to take possession of a dwelling only under certain circumstances; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) and Hearing canceled (Environment and Transportation) (3/22) | Judiciary Wed 3/1 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 896 (SB 885) | Link | Property Tax Appeals - Commercial and Industrial Property - Fees Fair Requiring certain filing fees when filing an appeal of a property tax assessment or classification of commercial or industrial property with an assessed value greater than $1,000,000; and requiring the filing fees to be refunded to the appellant when the assessment or classification of the property is changed in the appellant's favor as a result of the appeal. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (3/23) | Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 3/30 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 |
| HB 897 (SB 826) | Link | Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Qualified Homeowner - Application and Certification Requirements Feldmark Altering the application requirements for the homeowners' tax credit to allow homeowners with certain types of income to file an application every 3 years, subject to a certain certification requirement; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 529 (5/8) | Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Tue 3/28 1:15 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 898 | Link | Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief and Homeowners' Property Tax Credit Programs - Eligibility and Credit Amount Feldmark Increasing certain amounts that are used to determine eligibility for and calculate the amount of certain property tax credits under the renters' property tax relief program and the homeowners' property tax credit program; and requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to evaluate, as compared to inflation, certain income limitations on eligibility for and the calculation of the tax credits and to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026, and every 3 years thereafter. | In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 921 (SB 855) | Link | Baltimore City - Property Tax - In Rem Foreclosure of Vacant or Nuisance Property Smith Authorizing certain vacant property or nuisance property located in Baltimore City to be subject to a certain in rem foreclosure process; requiring certain procedures for an in rem foreclosure; requiring Baltimore City to take certain actions to compensate the interested parties in property that has value and is acquired through an in rem foreclosure; specifying the title acquired in an in rem foreclosure; and specifying the circumstances under which an in rem foreclosure judgment may be reopened. | In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (3/20) | Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 924 | Link | Sewage Treatment Plants - Effluent Discharges, Discharge Permits, and Property Tax Credit for Impacted Dwellings Grammer Requiring the Department of the Environment to monitor effluent discharged from sewage treatment plants permitted to process at least 50,000,000 gallons of effluent per day, evaluate whether the effluent impacts area midge populations, and place an inspector at certain sewage treatment plants; requiring the Department to post on its website certain status updates and steps taken to address certain deficiencies; and authorizing a certain property tax credit against the property tax imposed on a certain dwelling. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/1 1:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 963 | Link | Tax Sales - Data Collection - County Funding Atterbeary Prohibiting the State Department of Assessments and Taxation from disbursing or authorizing the disbursement of certain funds to a county if the county has not provided certain information concerning its tax sales; altering the taxable year for which the Department is required to obtain certain information concerning county tax sales; and applying the Act prospectively. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 (5/8) | Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/29 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| HB 965 | Link | Income Tax - Credit for Mold Remediation of Residential Rental Properties Henson Allowing, for taxable years 2023 through 2032, a credit against the State income tax for taxpayers of single family and multifamily residential rental properties who incur costs for certain mold remediation performed on the property and obtain a tax credit certificate from the Department of Housing and Community Development; and requiring the Comptroller and the Department jointly to report, on or before October 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, certain information on the certifications. | In the House - Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Thu 3/2 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| HB 972 | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Rent Escrow - Mold in Residential Dwelling Units Henson Adding certain mold hazards to the list of dangerous conditions and defects for which a tenant can obtain relief under the State's rent escrow statute. | In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| HB 976 | Link | Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation Henson Establishing the Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation to study information on mold assessment and remediation to determine the best practices for identifying mold, preventing the development of mold within indoor environments, and remediating indoor molding conditions harmful to public health; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2024. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 (5/3) | Environment and Transportation Fri 3/3 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 3/30 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 |
| HB 981 | Link | Limited Liability Companies - Articles of Organization - Required Information Grammer Requiring a limited liability company to include in its articles of organization the name and home address of each member of the limited liability company; and prohibiting a person from submitting to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation articles of organization for a limited liability company that the person knows or has reason to know contain false information required under the Act. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters (3/14) | Economic Matters Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 1016 | Link | Real Property - Residential Lease - Early Termination by Tenant Henson Limiting the liability of a tenant who terminates a residential lease early under certain circumstances. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 1023 | Link | Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over Terrasa 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 procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; providing for the disposition of certain personal property following the execution of a warrant of restitution; etc. | In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| HB 1039 | Link | Task Force on Financial Incentives for Pet-Friendly Housing D. Jones Establishing the Task Force on Financial Incentives for Pet-Friendly Housing to study certain matters and make recommendations on how to financially incentivize the expansion of pet-friendly housing; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2024. | In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Support 1 | |
| HB 1050 (SB 756) | Link | Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding Taylor Making permanent a requirement that the Comptroller distribute $14,000,000 of certain abandoned property funds to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; and making permanent a requirement that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $14,000,000 from the Fund to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation. | In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | Appropriations Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 1056 | Link | Real Property - Warranties - Duration of Warranties and Repair of Defects Queen Altering the expiration date for implied warranties for dwellings and establishing a procedure to allow a vendor to repair an alleged breach of an implied warranty prior to the owner commencing an action regarding the alleged breach. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/13) | Oppose 2 | ||
| HB 1064 (SB 691) | Link | Home Amenity Rentals - Sales and Use Tax Imposed and Local Tax Authorized Vogel Applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain home amenity rentals; and authorizing a county or municipality to impose a certain home amenity rental tax under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (4/7) | Thu 3/2 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 1073 | Link | Homeowner Assistance Fund - Victims of Domestic Violence - Eligibility Taveras Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish special eligibility requirements under the Maryland Homeowner Assistance Fund for victims of domestic violence under certain circumstances; requiring and authorizing the Department to collect certain information from the victim of domestic violence to support an application for financial assistance; prohibiting the Department from issuing financial assistance under the Fund to victims of domestic violence under certain circumstances; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 1076 (SB 603) | Link | Real Property - Residential Leases - Fee in Lieu of Security Deposit Wells 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; establishing certain procedural requirements for a landlord and an insurer relating to certain insurance claims; authorizing a tenant to dispute certain claims by a landlord and providing that claims by a landlord or an insurer are void under certain circumstances; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| HB 1095 | Link | Property Tax - Supervisors of Assessments - Alterations Fair Authorizing the Director of the Department of Assessments and Taxation to appoint a supervisor of assessments to oversee multiple counties; repealing the requirement that the Director select supervisors in accordance with a certain process; waiving a certain residency requirement for a supervisor appointed to oversee multiple counties; and requiring certain counties to provide a supervisor appointed to oversee multiple counties with an office in a certain location. | In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/30) | Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | No Position | |
| HB 1113 (SB 751) | Link | Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations Valentine Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit, 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 of death; requiring the amount of the credit for a newly acquired dwelling owned by a disabled or fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker or the surviving spouse or cohabitant to be in the same proportion as the property tax credit for a certain former dwelling; etc. | In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| HB 1121 | Link | Real Property - Residential Contracts of Sale - Buyer Privacy Bridges Stating it is the intent of the General Assembly to eliminate bias, intentional or otherwise, in housing decisions concerning the sale of single-family residential real property to an individual buyer by removing the name of the buyer from contract of sale prior to acceptance of the contract by the seller; and 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. | In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| HB 1134 | Link | Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use and Electric-Ready Standards Acevero Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before January 1, 2024, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all energy demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels and an electric-ready standard for certain buildings. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 1150 | Link | Commercial Law and Financial Institutions - Credit Regulation - Shared Appreciation Agreements Queen Making certain shared appreciation agreements subject to the Maryland Mortgage Lender Law and other provisions of law that regulate certain loans of single extensions of closed end credit and revolving credit plans; and authorizing the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to adopt certain regulations regarding the enforcement of and compliance with provisions of law that regulate shared appreciation agreements. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 (5/8) | Economic Matters Wed 3/1 1:00 PM | Finance Thu 3/23 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| HB 1163 (SB 964) | Link | Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Criminal Records Alston Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's criminal record in public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons; establishing certain exceptions to certain prohibitions established under the Act; and establishing that certain crimes are not included in the definition of "criminal record" for the purposes of certain provisions prohibiting discrimination. | In the House - Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Judiciary Thu 3/9 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 1195 | Link | Development Transparency Act of 2023 Wu Requiring a certain entity seeking any waiver or exemption from or authorization under any zoning regulation, zoning map amendment, conditional use permit, final development plan, or other land use authorization to publicly disclose the name of each individual who owns the entity, including any individual who owns an affiliated entity. | In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 1209 | Link | Environment - Flood Control - Flood Risk Assessment and Model Ordinance (Climate Ready Floodplain Act of 2023) Lehman Requiring the Department of the Environment to publish a statewide flood risk assessment map projected to the year 2050, educate the public on certain information, and establish a certain model floodplain ordinance by July 1, 2024; requiring certain units of local government to submit to the Department for review a proposed floodplain ordinance by July 1, 2025; and requiring the Department to approve a proposed ordinance or provide notice of certain revisions to the ordinance on or before September 1, 2025. | In the House - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| HB 1220 | Link | Commercial Leases - Force Majeure Clauses - Required Conaway Requiring that a commercial lease contain a clause that allocates the risk of loss if performance under the lease is hindered, delayed, or prevented due to certain events; requiring a certain force majeure clause to include certain events; and applying the Act prospectively. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 1223 | Link | Foreclosure Actions - Responsibility of Secured Parties and Stay for Determination of Financial Assistance Embry Prohibiting, with certain exceptions, a secured party from initiating or proceeding with a foreclosure for a certain period if the secured party receives a certain notice; requiring a secured party to make a certain affidavit to the circuit court responsible for the foreclosure action when the secured party makes certain filings; requiring the circuit court to award a stay in a foreclosure action if a certain amount of time has not passed after a certain notice is made; etc. | In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| HB 1225 | Link | Real Estate Brokers - Disability or Death and Termination of Employment of a Broker Howard Requiring an adult family member to submit a death certificate or evidence of disability to the State Real Estate Commission before the family member may carry on the business of a disabled or deceased licensed real estate broker; permitting a certain business to designate a licensed real estate broker to provide real estate brokerage services under certain circumstances; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 (5/8) | Economic Matters Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Support 5 |
| HB 1230 (SB 288) | Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception Holmes Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practice land surveying. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/13) | Support 2 | |||
| HB 1235 (SB 651) | Link | Real Estate - Real Estate Brokerage Services and Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts (The Anthony Moorman Act) Wells Requiring a real estate broker or an escrow agent, if a purchaser terminates a certain transaction under certain circumstances, to distribute trust money to the purchaser within 30 days after a certain written notice of the termination is sent; requiring a holder of trust money who makes a certain distribution to notify the seller and purchaser of the distribution within a certain period of time, subject to a certain exception; etc. | In the Senate - Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings (4/7) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/14 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| HB 1258 (SB 134) | Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Established Harris Requiring the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation to grant a tax credit against the property tax imposed on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans; establishing a property tax credit in an amount equal to the service-connected disability rating of the disabled veteran; requiring certain disabled veterans to provide certain documents when applying for the credits under the Act; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/16) | Support 2 | |||
| HB 1260 (SB 957) | Property Tax - Building Permits - Requirement to Provide Estimated Construction Costs to Supervisor of Assessments Holmes Requiring the person responsible for issuing building permits to provide the estimated costs of construction when submitting a copy of a building permit to the supervisor of assessments of the county where the building is located. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/17) | Oppose 2 | |||
| HB 1271 (SB 103) | Income Tax - Maryland Residential Solar Investment Tax Credit Patterson Allowing a credit against the State income tax for the costs of certain photovoltaic property placed into service by an individual during the taxable year; prohibiting an individual from claiming the credit under certain circumstances; providing for the carryforward of any unused credit; etc. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/22) | Support/Amend 2 | |||
| SB 7 (HB 30) | Link | Environment - On-Site Wastewater Services - Board, Fees, and Penalties West Altering the composition of the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals; clarifying and altering the distribution of certain fees and penalties; and clarifying the application of certain license requirements and penalties. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67 (4/11) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/2 2:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 32 | Link | Property Tax - Exemption for Dwellings of Disabled Veterans - Application Brooks Altering the application requirements for a certain property tax exemption for a dwelling house owned by a disabled veteran or surviving spouse of a disabled veteran by adding a rating decision of the disabled veteran's disability from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to the type of supporting documents that may be included with application. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 673 (5/16) | Tue 3/21 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 1/19 1:30 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 47 | Link | Evidence - Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Fair Housing Testing Sydnor Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil rights organization under certain circumstances. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 1/31 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 58 (HB 209) | Link | Corporations and Associations - Revisions West Altering certain provisions governing the issuance of stock, convertible securities, and scrip; clarifying the authority of corporations to hold annual meetings by remote communication; clarifying the application of certain provisions of law to the conversion of a corporation; requiring a real estate investment trust that voluntarily dissolves to file a notice of termination with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc. | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/23) | Judicial Proceedings Wed 1/25 1:00 PM | No Position | |
| SB 61 (HB 599) | Link | Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer Bailey Repealing the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a public safety officer; repealing a certain limitation on the amount of the credit; requiring the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that authorizes the credit to establish, by law, the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of eligibility for the credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 (5/8) | Tue 3/21 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 1/19 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 65 (HB 457) | Link | Recordation Tax - Purchase Money Mortgage or Purchase Money Deed of Trust - Extent of Exemption West Providing that the exemption from the recordation tax for a purchase money mortgage or purchase money deed of trust applies only to the extent that the purchase money mortgage or purchase money deed of trust secures purchase money. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m. (1/12) | Budget and Taxation Thu 1/19 1:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 72 | Link | Task Force on Financial Incentives for Pet-Friendly Housing Jackson Establishing the Task Force on Financial Incentives for Pet-Friendly Housing to study matters related to pet-friendly housing, including financial incentives, insurance or liability structures, and barriers on varied sizes and breeds; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations on how to financially incentivize the expansion of pet-friendly housing to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2024. | In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (2/20) | Budget and Taxation Thu 1/19 1:30 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 77 (HB 190) | Link | Housing and Community Development - Homeowner's Extreme Weather Mitigation and Preparation Grant Program Jackson Establishing the Homeowner's Extreme Weather Mitigation and Preparation Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist homeowners, local governments, and nonprofit organizations in preparing and repairing residential properties to mitigate water damage caused by extreme weather; limiting a grant awarded to a homeowner to $5,000 or less; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the program. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/26 at 3:00 p.m. (1/15) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 1/26 3:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 90 (HB 37) | Link | Commercial Law - Consumer Protection - Telephone Solicitation (Stop the Spam Calls Act of 2023) Kramer Prohibiting a person from making certain telephone solicitations to a certain called party in a certain manner by restricting the methods, times, and identifying information that the person making the call may utilize; and making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 (5/3) | Finance Wed 2/1 2:30 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 100 (HB 36) | Link | Real Property - Actions to Repossess - Proof of Rental Licensure Hettleman Requiring, in certain actions to repossess residential rental property, a landlord to submit to the clerk of the court evidence of compliance with certain local rental property licensure requirements and demonstrate that the landlord is compliant with the licensure requirements. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 482 (5/8) | Judiciary Wed 3/29 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Wed 1/25 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 103 (HB 1271) | Link | Income Tax - Maryland Residential Solar Investment Tax Credit Ellis Allowing a credit against the State income tax for the costs of certain photovoltaic property placed into service by an individual during the taxable year; prohibiting an individual from claiming the credit under certain circumstances; providing for the carryforward of any unused credit; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m. (1/12) | Budget and Taxation Thu 1/19 1:30 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 114 | Link | Property Tax - Real Property Tax Assessment and Tax Rate Increases - Notice Requirements Hayes Requiring certain notices relating to increases in property assessments; altering certain notice requirements relating to the intention of a county or municipal corporation to set a certain real property tax rate that exceeds the constant yield tax rate and requiring instead certain notice when a county or municipal corporation intends to increase its real property tax rate. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 (5/8) | Tue 3/21 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 1/19 1:30 PM | Support 1 |
| SB 116 (HB 450) | Link | Property Tax - Municipal Corporation Business Personal Property Tax Rate and Local Government Reporting Requirements - Alterations Benson Requiring 20% of certain State aid to be discontinued if a county, municipality, or special taxing district does not submit a certain audit report within 1 calendar year of a certain deadline for the report, subject to a certain condition; altering the municipal corporation tax rate applicable to business personal property and certain operating real property to be not more than a certain amount; and requiring the City of Seat Pleasant to hire a certain entity to perform a certain audit and submit the report by January 1, 2024. | In the House - Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m. (3/21) | Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 1/19 1:30 PM | No Position |
| SB 119 | Real Property - Ground Rent Redemption Fund - Establishment Hayes Establishing the Ground Rent Redemption Fund for the purpose of providing grants to individuals for the redemption of ground rent. | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/14) | Support 1 | |||
| SB 134 (HB 1258) | Link | Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Established Jackson Requiring the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation to grant a tax credit against the property tax imposed on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans; establishing a tax credit against the State property tax on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans; providing for the calculation of the credit; requiring certain disabled veterans to provide certain documents when applying for the credits under the Act; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | In the Senate - Hearing 1/19 at 1:30 p.m. (1/12) | Budget and Taxation Thu 1/19 1:30 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 144 (HB 169) | Link | Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing Feldman Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve certain target annual incremental gross energy savings for the 2024-2026 program cycle; requiring the Department to update the weather-normalized gross retail sales against which savings are measured for certain plans; requiring the target annual incremental gross energy savings to be achieved based on an average of certain Department plans; etc. | Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) (5/19) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 1/31 3:30 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 163 | Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements Watson Limiting the requirement that an instrument effecting a change in ownership of real property be endorsed by the assessment office for a county to only those transfers subject to an agricultural land transfer tax; altering certain provisions relating to the filing, maintenance, and transmittal of land records; establishing that a deed of trust or mortgage presented for recordation is not required to be accompanied by an intake sheet or information that would otherwise be provided in an intake sheet unless required by a clerk; etc. | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/14) | Monitor | |||
| SB 166 (HB 150) | Link | Housing and Community Development - Adaptive Reuse Waldstreicher Establishing that adaptive reuse, retrofitting, and repurposing of existing buildings to develop new affordable multifamily housing is an eligible use of certain financial assistance provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development; and requiring the Department to notify applicants for certain financial assistance that adaptive reuse is an eligible use of funds. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 (4/24) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/7 2:00 PM | Support 4 | |
| SB 193 (HB 92) | Link | Ground Leases - Collection of Rent, Interest, Fees, and Other Expenses - Registration Requirements Sydnor Establishing that ground leases or amendments that are not posted on the State Department of Assessments and Taxation's website are not considered registered or amended; prohibiting a ground lease holder from collecting or attempting to collect rent, late fees, interest, collection costs, and other expenses related to a ground lease unless the ground lease is registered with the Department; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181 (4/24) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 194 (HB 118) | Link | Ground Leases - Notices and Billing - Forms and Requirements Sydnor Prohibiting a leasehold tenant of an unregistered ground lease from being required to hold more than 3 years of ground rent in escrow; requiring a ground lease holder to mail certain notices or bills to a leasehold tenant in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to make available on its website the form a ground lease hold holder must use to provide to a leasehold tenant a certain notice; requiring a ground lease transferee to send notice of a transfer within 30 days; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 185 (4/24) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 196 (HB 93) | Link | Residential Ground Leases - Redemption and Extinguishment - Requirements Sydnor Repealing the prohibition against a tenant who is seeking to redeem or extinguish ground rent providing certain documentation and payments to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation earlier than 90 days after an application for redemption or extinguishment has been posted on the Department's website. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 (4/24) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | No Position | |
| SB 198 (HB 505) | Link | Elevator Safety - Privately Owned Single-Family Residential Elevators - Inspection and Registration Requirements Augustine Establishing that an elevator installed in a privately owned single-family residential dwelling on or after October 1, 2023, is subject to certain inspection and registration requirements; prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry from disclosing to the public any information about a registered elevator unit installed in a privately owned single-family residential dwelling; and requiring the Commissioner to delete certain registration information on the completion of the final acceptance inspection on a certain unit. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 292 (5/3) | Finance Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 233 | Condominiums - Property Insurance - Repair of Damage Klausmeier Providing that a requirement that the council of unit owners of a condominium repair or replace certain damage or loss applies in the event of a covered loss; and specifying that, in the case of a covered loss, the owner of the condominium unit where the cause of certain damage or destruction originated is responsible for a certain insurance deductible for the cost of certain repairs or replacements. | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/6) | Monitor | |||
| SB 238 | Link | Public High Schools - Financial Literacy - Curriculum, Graduation Requirement, and Professional Development Klausmeier Requiring the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Maryland Council on Economic Education, to develop curriculum content for a certain course in financial literacy; requiring each county board of education to require implementation of the curriculum in every public high school beginning in the 2026-2027 school year; requiring the completion of a certain financial literacy course to graduate from high school beginning in 2030; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (1/25) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Wed 2/8 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| SB 250 (HB 147) | Link | Environment - Climate Crisis Plan - Requirement Kramer Requiring each county to prepare a climate crisis plan to address the effects of climate change in the county; requiring each county to submit its plan to the Department of the Environment for review and feedback on or before June 1, 2024; requiring the Department to provide feedback to each county on or before November 1, 2024; requiring each county to finalize its plan on or before January 1, 2025; and requiring each county to review and update its plan at least once every 3 years. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m. (1/25) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 279 (HB 102) | Link | Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections Waldstreicher Requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop, publish, and regularly update a fact sheet on the care and protection of pets in the event of an eviction or any other loss of possession of real property; requiring a landlord to provide a link to the fact sheet at the execution of a lease on or after November 1, 2023; requiring a sheriff or any other official to return a pet to a tenant or certain other person or to contact an animal shelter or rescue organization; prohibiting the leaving of a pet on public property; etc. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (4/4) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/9 1:00 PM | Oppose 1 | |
| SB 288 (HB 1230) | Link | Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception Waldstreicher Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practice land surveying. | In the House - Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m. (3/29) | Judiciary Wed 4/5 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/16 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 294 | Link | Comprehensive Plan - Implementation and Review in Priority Funding Areas Sydnor Altering the implementation and review of a comprehensive plan within a priority funding area. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 296 (HB 79) | Link | Housing and Community Development - Whole-Home Repairs Act of 2023 McKay Establishing the Whole-Home Repairs Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide grants to certain local administering agencies for the purposes of ensuring that owner-occupied and rental units are free of habitability concerns, improving coordination across home repairs programs, and increasing retention in workforce development programs; and establishing the Whole-Home Repairs Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 307 (HB 282) | Link | Financial Institutions - Mortgage Loan Originators - Independent Contractors Klausmeier Altering certain provisions of law relating to the licensing of mortgage loan originators to provide for the licensing of certain independent contractors as mortgage loan originators under certain circumstances; requiring licensed mortgage lenders to supervise certain activities of certain mortgage loan originators in a certain manner; and requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to submit a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2024, on mortgage loan originators. | In the House - Rereferred to Economic Matters (4/10) | Finance Wed 2/15 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 315 (HB 60) | Link | Housing Innovation Pilot Program and Housing Innovation Fund - Establishment (Housing Innovation Pilot Program Act of 2023) Waldstreicher Establishing the Housing Innovation Pilot Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide funds for certain mixed-income, cross-subsidized housing and to create opportunities to increase the volume of housing production; establishing the Housing Innovation Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to be used only to provide low- or no-interest loans to local housing authorities; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| SB 316 (HB 99) | Link | Education - Public High Schools - Financial Literacy Curriculum Brooks Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a half-credit course in financial literacy; requiring each county board of education to implement the financial literacy curriculum content and make the course available to students in every public high school in the county; and repealing a provision of law requiring the State Department of Education to report on certain financial literacy information at a certain interval. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (2/2) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Wed 3/1 1:00 PM | Support 3 | |
| SB 317 | Link | Income Tax - Credit for Energy Efficiency Upgrades - Passive Houses Brooks Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain costs, paid or incurred after July 1, 2023, by an owner of certain residential property for certain energy efficiency upgrades; requiring the owner to obtain a tax credit certificate from the Maryland Energy Administration; and prohibiting a taxpayer from claiming the tax credit for a taxable year during which the Governor declares a state of emergency. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30) | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/8 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 318 | Link | Healthy Indoor Air Quality Grant Program Brooks Establishing the Healthy Indoor Air Quality Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration; providing that the purpose of the Program is to improve indoor air quality by providing grants to qualified individuals or businesses to install indoor air quality equipment, approved by the Administration, in a home, rental dwelling unit, or commercial building that includes enhanced ventilation and filtration systems, bipolar ionization technologies, or ultraviolet lighting; etc. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (3/30) | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/8 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 335 (HB 182) | Link | Real Property - Unlawfully Restrictive Covenants - Modification by Counties or Municipalities King Authorizing a county or municipality to execute and record a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawfully restrictive covenant for a property within the boundaries of the county or municipality after providing persons with an ownership interest in the property with 30 days' written notice; providing that persons with an ownership interest in property that is subject to an unlawfully restrictive covenant may decline action by a county or municipality to execute and record a restrictive covenant with certain notice; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 (5/8) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/16 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 364 (HB 618) | Link | Property Tax Credit - Dwellings of Public Safety Officers - Retired Personnel Elfreth Altering, for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023, the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain retired personnel for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a certain dwelling that is owned by the public safety officer; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/15 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 382 (HB 239) | Link | Accessory Dwelling Unit Policy Task Force M. Washington Establishing the Accessory Dwelling Unit Policy Task Force to survey and document a representative sampling of State and local codes, ordinances, laws, and policies regarding the development and operation of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for single-family residential use; and requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and General Assembly its activities on or before November 1, 2023, and its findings and recommendations on or before June 1, 2024. | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 799 (5/28) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Support 5 |
| SB 403 (HB 98) | Link | Condominiums - Declarations and Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Alterations Hershey Exempting certain condominium units from a requirement to include certain information in a declaration; and altering the types of elements and units for which a council of unit owners is required to maintain certain property insurance and altering certain requirements for the property insurance policy. | In the House - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (134-0) (4/10) | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/16 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| SB 417 (HB 602) | Link | Environment - State Wetlands - Shoreline Restoration Elfreth Altering the requirements for improvements made to protect a person's property against erosion; requiring the Department of the Environment, in coordination with the Department of Natural Resources, to designate priority shoreline restoration zones where conditions exist that degrade the resilience of the land and the habitat connectivity between the land and water; establishing in a certain Fund a coastal resilience and living shoreline restoration account to provide grants for certain shoreline stabilization replacement projects; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (2/2) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Wed 2/15 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 2 | |
| SB 435 (HB 508) | Link | Property Tax Credit - Disabled Law Enforcement Officers and Rescue Workers - Definition and Eligibility Klausmeier Requiring a county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a law enforcement officer or rescue worker; and altering eligibility for the tax credit to include certain disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who were domiciled in the State within a certain number of years before the officer or worker died or was determined to be disabled; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 534 (5/8) | Tue 3/21 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 443 (HB 662) | Link | Real Estate Brokers, Salespersons, and Associate Brokers - Continuing Education Courses - Alterations Brooks Altering the requirements for the subject matter of continuing education courses for licensees issued an initial license by the Real Estate Commission. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 (5/3) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Support 5 | |
| SB 445 (HB 625) | Link | Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations Hayes Expanding the forms of financial assistance available under the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program; altering eligibility requirements for projects that may receive financial assistance under the Program; altering the time period when applications may be submitted under the Program; repealing certain restrictions on the amount of financial assistance that may be provided under the Program; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 134 (4/24) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/21 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 450 (HB 215) | Link | Real Property - Limitations on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services - Prohibition Gile Prohibiting a landlord from using a lease or form of lease that contains a provision that limits a tenant's ability to summon, or penalizes a tenant or another individual solely for summoning, the assistance of law enforcement or emergency services; prohibiting a landlord from taking certain retaliatory actions because a tenant or another individual summons the assistance of law enforcement or emergency services for certain purposes; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from enacting certain laws; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768 (5/16) | Judiciary Wed 3/29 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Wed 2/15 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 455 (HB 669) | Link | Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications Hayes Altering the qualifications for a real estate appraisal license and for a certificate for residential or general real estate to include completion of certain criteria in the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 (5/3) | Finance Thu 2/23 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 476 (HB 371) | Link | Recordation Tax - Indemnity Mortgage Exemption - Threshold Amount Zucker Increasing the threshold amount for certain indemnity mortgage transactions that are exempt from the recordation tax from $3,000,000 to $12,500,000; and applying the Act to all instruments of writing recorded on or after July 1, 2024. | In the Senate - Senate Requests House Recede (4/10) | Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 477 (HB 830) | Link | Residential Construction - Electric Vehicle Charging Feldman Establishing and altering certain requirements related to the installation of equipment for the charging of electric vehicles during the construction of certain housing units; clarifying that a county or municipal corporation may require a greater number of electric vehicle parking spaces; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to study certain issues related to the installation of electric vehicle parking spaces at multifamily residential buildings and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2023; etc. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (4/6) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/14 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 483 (HB 11) | Link | Private Well Safety Act of 2023 Lewis Young Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations by December 31, 2026 to identify additional standards for water quality testing; requiring the Department, subject to certain funding, and in consultation with the Department of Information Technology, to utilize an online portal to receive and upload certain information and to provide public access to the information; requiring the Department of the Environment to consistently share the information collected with the Maryland Department of Health and local health departments; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 586 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Wed 3/29 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Wed 2/15 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 |
| SB 485 (HB 281) | Link | Frederick County - Residential Property Sales - Contract Disclosures Lewis Young Requiring, in Frederick County, the seller of residential property that is located within 0.5 miles of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to provide the buyer with an addendum to the contract for the sale of the property that contains, in conspicuous type, identification of the Superfund site and its proximity to the property, the definition of a NPL Superfund site, and the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Search for Superfund Sites Where You Live website; etc. | In the House - Rereferred to Environment and Transportation (4/10) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 500 (HB 604) | Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plans Issued Through Professional Employer Organizations - Exemption West Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to individuals and small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization that engages in employee leasing. | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/27) | Monitor | |||
| SB 504 (HB 684) | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Just Cause Termination Provisions Muse 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 local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Oppose 4 | |
| SB 518 (HB 779) | Link | Tax Sales - Revisions Corderman Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to file a motion with a court to request that a certain certificate of sale be assigned to the governing body of the county or municipal corporation in a certain foreclosure action under certain circumstances; providing that, on a grant of the motion by the court, the holder of the certificate of sale forfeits certain rights and the amount paid to acquire the certificate of sale; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 80 (4/11) | Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| SB 526 (HB 723) | Link | Natural Resources - Forest Preservation and Retention Elfreth Altering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; altering exemptions from certain afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; altering certain methods of calculating forest afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; adding certain tree plantings and practices as methods that certain municipal corporations may use to meet afforestation or reforestation requirements; providing for judicial review of certain plans; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 (5/8) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 3/2 1:30 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 535 (HB 608) | Link | Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs James Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog; and defining "service dog" as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212 (4/24) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Thu 2/23 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| SB 547 (HB 551) | Link | Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives President Requiring the Office of Statewide Broadband within the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study of broadband services, service providers, infrastructure, and private network investors and submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2024. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (4/6) | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/1 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 550 (HB 548) | Link | Financial Regulation - Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund - Establishment (Access to Banking Act) President Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund as an instrumentality of the State to develop opportunities for banking institutions and credit unions to better serve the needs of low- to moderate-income tracts; providing for certain assessment offset credits for certain banking institutions and credit unions in certain areas; authorizing the use of the Banking Institution and Credit Union Regulation Fund for certain purposes; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433 (5/8) | Finance Wed 3/1 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 563 (HB 780) | Link | Tax Sales - Property Maintenance and Nuisance Condition Violation Judgments and Foreclosure Proceedings Corderman Authorizing a tax sale for real property for certain unpaid judgments for property maintenance and nuisance condition violations of local law; establishing that certain judgments are a first lien on real property; establishing the priority of certain liens on real property; authorizing the governing body of Allegany County or Washington County or a municipal corporation in Allegany County or Washington County to file a complaint to foreclose the right of redemption at any time under certain circumstances; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | Budget and Taxation Wed 2/22 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 579 (HB 728) | Link | Residential Property - Service Agreements - Prohibitions Hayes Prohibiting certain service agreement for maintenance, purchase, or sale of residential property from containing certain provisions; and prohibiting the recordation of service agreements prohibited under the Act. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Thu 3/30 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 |
| SB 593 (HB 101) | Link | Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment Smith Authorizing certain governing bodies of a condominium to grant an interest affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment; and generally relating to the common elements of a condominium and leased clean energy equipment. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 596 | Link | Business Occupations and Professions - Occupational Licenses and Certificates - Criminal History Carter Prohibiting certain boards and commissions within the Maryland Department of Labor that issue occupational licenses and certificates from denying a license or certificate to an applicant solely because of the criminal history of the applicant; and requiring certain boards and commissions to establish a certain predetermination review process for certain individuals seeking a certain occupational license or certificate. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:30 p.m. (3/7) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 3/7 1:30 PM | Oppose 2 | |
| SB 603 (HB 1076) | Link | Real Property - Residential Leases - Fee in Lieu of Security Deposit Benson 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; establishing certain procedural requirements for a landlord and an insurer relating to certain insurance claims; authorizing a tenant to dispute certain claims by a landlord and providing that claims by a landlord or an insurer are void under certain circumstances; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/7 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 643 (HB 838) | Link | Housing - Community Development Program Act - Funding McCray Requiring the Administrator of a certain abandoned property fund to distribute $5,000,000 to the Community Development Program Fund in fiscal years 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027; altering the contents of the Community Development Program Fund to include any money distributed from a certain abandoned property fund; and repealing a certain provision providing for the construction of certain Acts of the General Assembly concerning the Community Development Program Act. | In the House - Hearing 4/04 at 1:30 p.m. (4/4) | Appropriations Tue 4/4 1:30 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 651 (HB 1235) | Link | Real Estate - Real Estate Brokerage Services and Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts (The Anthony Moorman Act) Carter Requiring a real estate broker or an escrow agent, if a purchaser terminates a certain transaction under certain circumstances, to distribute trust money to the purchaser within 30 days after a certain written notice of the termination is sent; requiring a holder of trust money who makes a certain distribution to notify the seller and purchaser of the distribution within a certain period of time, subject to a certain exception; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 585 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support 5 |
| SB 691 (HB 1064) | Link | Home Amenity Rentals - Sales and Use Tax Imposed and Local Tax Authorized King Applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain home amenity rentals; and authorizing a county or municipality to impose a certain home amenity rental tax under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations. | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 805 (5/28) | Thu 3/30 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 3/9 1:00 PM | Oppose 2 |
| SB 694 | Link | Department of Natural Resources' Real Property - Exchange With Private Real Property Jennings Authorizing the State to exchange real property owned by the State for the use and benefit of the Department of Natural Resources with private real property under certain circumstances. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 453 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Thu 3/30 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Thu 3/9 1:00 PM | Monitor |
| SB 743 (HB 840) | Link | Climate, Labor, and Environmental Equity Act of 2023 Jackson Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for certain communication with certain residents in a certain manner; and altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/23 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 746 (HB 23) | Link | Mobile and Manufactured Homes - Relocation Plans and Sales of Communities (Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2023) Folden Altering requirements relating to relocation plans for mobile home parks residents who will be dislocated as a result of the change in land use of a park; requiring the owner of a manufactured housing community, 60 days prior to entering into a contract to sell the community, to provide notice of the terms of the offer to homeowners in the community, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the appropriate housing agency, and to provide the homeowners with the opportunity to purchase the community; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 (4/24) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | No Position | |
| SB 751 (HB 1113) | Link | Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations Folden Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit, 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 of death; requiring the amount of the credit for a newly acquired dwelling owned by a disabled or fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker or the surviving spouse or cohabitant to be in the same proportion as the property tax credit for a certain former dwelling; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 756 (HB 1050) | Link | Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding Guzzone Extending through fiscal year 2027 a requirement that the Comptroller distribute $14,000,000 of certain abandoned property funds to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; and extending through fiscal year 2027 a requirement that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $14,000,000 from the Fund to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 (5/16) | Appropriations Tue 4/4 1:30 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/1 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 770 (HB 882) | Link | Baltimore City - Holding Over - Landlord Restrictions and Tenant Remedies Carter Establishing that the District Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction over certain residential eviction cases in Baltimore City; authorizing a landlord in Baltimore City to take possession of a dwelling only under certain circumstances; providing that the Act may not be construed to prohibit a landlord in Baltimore City from taking certain measures to secure an unsecured premises if the landlord makes a good faith attempt to provide reasonable notice and promptly restores possession of the property to the tenant; etc. | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (4/4) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 775 | Link | Private Wetlands - Structural Shoreline Stabilization Measures - Authorization Mautz Authorizing the installation of a structural shoreline stabilization measure on private wetlands in conjunction with the installation of a nonstructural shoreline stabilization measure if the structural shoreline stabilization measure constitutes not more than 10% of the total linear footage that will be stabilized by the nonstructural shoreline stabilization measure. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/23 1:00 PM | Support 2 | |
| SB 807 (HB 691) | Link | Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act) A. Washington Establishing that a landlord that offers a dwelling for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; authorizing a single tenant or tenants' organization 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; authorizing a tenant, a group of tenants, or a tenants' organization to bring a civil action for money damages if a landlord fails to repair certain defects within 90 days of the court finding the conditions complained of exist; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 817 (HB 315) | Link | Multifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies A. Washington 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. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Monitor | |
| SB 819 | Link | Real Property - Sale of Apartment Facilities - Rights of Qualified Organizations A. Washington Prohibiting an owner of an apartment facility from taking certain actions regarding the sale of the apartment facility unless the owner complies with the requirements of the Act; providing that certain provisions of the Act may not be construed to establish the Department of Housing and Community Development as party or agent to the sale of an apartment facility; establishing procedures by which qualified organizations are given a right of first refusal in certain sales of apartment facilities; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 826 (HB 897) | Link | Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Qualified Homeowner - Application and Certification Requirements Hayes Altering the application requirements for the homeowners' tax credit to allow homeowners with certain types of income to file an application only in the first year the qualified homeowner applies for the credit and every third year thereafter, subject to a certain certification requirement. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 528 (5/8) | Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 830 | Link | Environmental Health Specialists and Well and Septic Systems Permitting - Studies (Environmental Health Systems Support Act of 2023) Hester Requiring the Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with the Board of Environmental Health Specialists, to conduct a study on staffing needs for environmental health specialists in local health departments; requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services and the University of Maryland Agriculture and Food Systems Extension Program, to study the delegation of well and septic systems permitting authority; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 577 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Thu 3/30 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Thu 2/23 1:00 PM | Support 3 |
| SB 848 (HB 826) | Link | Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment Guzzone Establishing a Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide vouchers and housing assistance payments for low-income families that are currently on a waiting list under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program for housing in units approved by the Department or a public housing agency, in accordance with guidelines under the federal program; and requiring the Department and public housing agencies to administer the State Program. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 (5/8) | Environment and Transportation Thu 4/6 1:00 PM | Education, Energy, and the Environment Tue 2/28 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 855 (HB 921) | Link | Baltimore City - Property Tax - In Rem Foreclosure of Vacant or Nuisance Property McCray Authorizing certain vacant property or nuisance property located in Baltimore City to be subject to a certain in rem foreclosure process; requiring certain procedures for an in rem foreclosure; requiring Baltimore City to take certain actions to compensate the interested parties in property that has value and is acquired through an in rem foreclosure; specifying the title acquired in an in rem foreclosure; specifying the circumstances under which an in rem foreclosure judgment may be reopened; etc. | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408 (5/3) | Tue 3/28 1:00 PM | Budget and Taxation Wed 3/8 1:00 PM | Support 2 |
| SB 885 (HB 896) | Property Tax Appeals - Commercial and Industrial Property - Fees Rosapepe Requiring certain filing fees when filing an appeal of a property tax assessment or classification of commercial or industrial property with an assessed value greater than $1,000,000. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/9) | Oppose 2 | |||
| SB 894 (HB 423) | Link | Task Force on Common Ownership Communities King Establishing the Task Force on Common Ownership Communities to study the education and training needs of common ownership community boards and new and prospective owners of homes and dwelling units in common ownership communities; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2024. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (3/16) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/21 1:00 PM | Support/Amend 3 | |
| SB 903 (HB 852) | Land Use - Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing - Application to Religious Organizations A. Washington Requiring, on or after July 1, 2024, a county that uses an expedited development review process for proposed affordable housing developments to consider certain applications from bona fide religious organizations under the expedited development review process; and authorizing a county to opt out of the provisions of the Act by adopting a certain local law on or before June 30, 2024. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/15) | Support 2 | |||
| SB 904 (HB 225) | Link | Foreclosure Proceedings - Residential Mortgagors and Grantors - Access to Counsel A. Washington Requiring that individuals have access to legal representation in certain foreclosure proceedings; establishing the Access to Counsel in Foreclosure Proceedings Program and Special Fund to provide funding to fully implement access to legal representation in foreclosure proceedings in the State; requiring the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation under the Program; requiring the Comptroller to collect a fee on residential property sales to be paid to the Fund; etc. | In the Senate - Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (3/16) | Judicial Proceedings Tue 3/21 1:00 PM | Oppose 3 | |
| SB 909 | Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer - Definition Simonaire Altering the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain public safety officers employed full time by a State public safety agency for purposes of a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling of a public safety officer. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/15) | Support 2 | |||
| SB 919 (HB 757) | Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease McCray Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; etc. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/15) | Support 3 | |||
| SB 936 (HB 635) | Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability Folden Limiting the liability of a certain person for certain discharges from a construction site; and providing that the civil or administrative penalty for discharge from a construction site may not exceed $5,000 for each violation or $25,000 total. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/17) | Support 1 | |||
| SB 945 (HB 474) | Link | Sale of Residential Real Property - Offers to Purchase and Transfer Tax Smith Authorizing a person who offers certain residential real property for sale to a third party, for the first 30 days, to accept only an offer to purchase the property made by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprofit organization or a certain real estate enterprise; and altering the rate of the State transfer tax payable for an instrument of writing for a sale of certain residential real property under certain circumstances. | In the Senate - Hearing canceled (3/17) | Oppose 3 | ||
| SB 957 (HB 1260) | Property Tax - Building Permits - Requirement to Provide Estimated Construction Costs to Supervisor of Assessments Benson Requiring the person responsible for issuing building permits to provide the estimated costs of construction when submitting a copy of a building permit to the supervisor of assessments of the county where the building is located. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/24) | Oppose 2 | |||
| SB 964 (HB 1163) | Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Criminal Records Benson Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's criminal record in public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons; establishing certain exceptions to certain prohibitions established under the Act; and establishing that certain crimes are not included in the definition of "criminal record" for the purposes of certain provisions prohibiting discrimination. | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/27) | Oppose 3 |