Legislation Status Report
Tuesday March 19, 2024


BillFiscal NoteDetailsStatusHouse HearingSenate HearingPosition
HB 3 (SB 356)LinkLand Use - Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing - Requirements

Stewart

Requiring local jurisdictions to establish and implement an expedited development review process for certain proposed affordable housing developments; applying the process to a charitable organization seeking to develop affordable housing on its own land and a public housing authority proposing to develop affordable housing on land owned by a charity or a government entity; and establishing a good-faith waiver for local jurisdictions that cannot implement an expedited development review process.
In the House - Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m. (1/22)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Support 2
HB 7 (SB 203)LinkHousing Innovation Pilot Program and Housing Innovation Fund - Establishment (Housing Innovation Pilot Program Act of 2024)

Stewart

Establishing the Housing Innovation Fund to provide loans for local housing authorities to develop mixed-income, cross-subsidized housing; establishing the Housing Innovation Pilot Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund in the annual operating or capital budget bill for fiscal years 2026 through 2029; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/8)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Support 3
HB 13 (SB 199)LinkResidential 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 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/14)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Monitor
HB 17 (SB 274)LinkCharter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee

Altering requirements for the housing element of a charter county's comprehensive plan to include requirements related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; requiring the housing element of a comprehensive plan that is enacted or amended on or after January 1, 2025 to include an assessment of fair housing to ensure that the county is affirmatively furthering fair housing; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (2/23)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 20 (SB 263)LinkReal Property Assessments - Revaluation of Property on Transfer After Appeal

Chair, Ways and Means Committee

Requiring that real property be revalued during a 3-year assessment cycle if, within 1 year after the assessment of a property is reduced due to an appeal, the property transfers for consideration that exceeds the value of the property before the reduction of the assessment.
In the House - Hearing 1/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/5)Ways and Means
Wed 1/17 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 24 (SB 96)LinkDepartment of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications

Boyce

Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Wed 2/21 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 29 (SB 53)LinkReal Property - Transfer to Heir - Exemption From Prepayment

Hill

Providing that certain requirements for the prepayment of certain real property taxes do not apply to an instrument of writing transferring real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir of the decedent.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/12)Ways and Means
Thu 2/1 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 35 (SB 276)LinkProperty Tax - Submission of Building Permits to Supervisor of Assessments - Estimated Construction Cost

Chair, Ways and Means Committee

Requiring local permit offices to include a construction cost estimate 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 Budget and Taxation (2/16)Oppose 2
HB 44 (SB 343)LinkRenters' Property Tax Relief and Homeowners' Property Tax Credit Programs - Gross Income and Assessed Value Limitations - Alterations

Charkoudian

Altering the definition of "gross income" to exclude public assistance received in a cash grant for purposes of the renters' property tax relief program and the homeowners' property tax credit program; increasing the combined gross income limit used to determine eligibility for the tax credits; and increasing, from $300,000 to $450,000, the maximum assessed value of a dwelling on which the homeowners' property tax credit is calculated.
In the House - Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m. (1/17)Ways and Means
Thu 2/1 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 54LinkProperty Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans

Atterbeary

Exempting a grant of land transferring residential real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir or a legatee of the decedent from certain requirements for the payment of taxes on real property if the heir or legatee of the decedent enters into a payment plan to pay all the taxes due and owed on the property; exempting a grant of land that is subject to a payment plan for property taxes from certain requirements for the payment of taxes if the grantee agrees to assume the grantor's obligations under the payment plan; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (3/4)Ways and Means
Tue 2/6 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 63 (SB 6)LinkProperty Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans - Alterations

Pruski

Altering eligibility for a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans to include individuals who have been declared by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a nonpermanent service-connected disability of 100% that results from blindness or any other disabling cause that was not caused or incurred by misconduct; and altering the criteria for determining the amount of the credit.
In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (2/23)Ways and Means
Thu 2/1 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 66LinkProperty Tax Credits - Public School Employees, Health and Safety Improvements, and Property Used for Local Housing Programs

Charkoudian

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit for certain residential real property owned by a public school employee under certain circumstances; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit for certain buildings if the owner made certain health or safety improvements on or after July 1, 2024; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (3/4)Ways and Means
Thu 2/1 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 69LinkCommunity 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, a rental assistance program, and certain community development projects that assist certain school staff members with the purchase or rental of homes near where the school staff member is employed; requiring a school staff member, to qualify for home buyer assistance, to have been employed at an elementary or secondary school in the State for at least the preceding 18 months; etc.
In the House - Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m. (1/22)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Support 2
HB 93 (SB 162)LinkLandlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent

Mireku-North

Limiting a tenant's liability for rent to not more than 2 months' rent after the date on which the tenant vacates a leased premises if a physician or psychologist completes a form specifying that the tenant has a mental disorder, the management of which is substantially limited by the leased premises.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/26)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Monitor
HB 131LinkHousing Development Permit Applications - Local Reporting Requirements

Stewart

Requiring local jurisdictions with at least 250,000 residents to report certain information about housing development permit applications to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning on or before February 1 each year; and requiring a local jurisdiction to make a copy of the report publicly available on its website.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 3/21 1:00 PM
Support 3
HB 138Education - Financial Literacy Curriculum (Financial Literacy for All Act)

Amprey

Requiring the State Department of Education to update the Maryland State Curriculum for Personal Financial Literacy Education and corresponding financial literacy standards to include certain content; requiring the State Board of Education to develop online or virtual curriculum content in financial literacy, including a certain course; authorizing each county board of education to offer the financial literacy curriculum content in every public high school in the county for credit, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; etc.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/12)Support 5
HB 139 (SB 171)LinkLandlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services

Charkoudian

Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of utility services for which certain landlords are required to provide a certain notice in a written lease and a copy of a certain receipt or bill summary under certain circumstances.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/23)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 143 (SB 46)LinkCondominiums - Sales Contracts - Asbestos Disclosure

Foley

Establishing the unenforceability of contracts for the sale of condominium units that do not contain certain notice regarding the presence of asbestos in the condominium, including a description of the location of the asbestos, whether abatement has been performed, and the date of any abatement.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/14)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Support 2
HB 154 (SB 286)LinkHomeowners' Property Tax Credit - Application Filing Deadline - Extension for Homeowner Protection Program Enrollees

Chair, Ways and Means Committee

Authorizing the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to accept an application for the homeowners' property tax credit submitted by a homeowner within 3 years after April 15 of the taxable year for which the credit is sought if the homeowner is enrolled in the Homeowner Protection Program; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (2/16)Ways and Means
Wed 1/17 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 159 (SB 465)LinkCommon Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)

Korman

Altering certain requirements for procedures relating to electric vehicle recharging equipment; establishing requirements and procedures relating to an application to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation to install or use electric vehicle recharging equipment; and requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to publish information on its common ownership community website regarding requirements, contractor information, certain points of contact, and resources on dispute resolutions.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/16)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Support 2
HB 174 (SB 279)LinkProperty Tax Assessment - Unsuccessful Appeals to Maryland Tax Court - Fee

Chair, Ways and Means Committee

Requiring a taxpayer to pay a $100 fee to the Maryland Tax Court if the taxpayer appeals a determination regarding an assessment of an income-producing property valued greater than $5,000,000 and the Court does not grant the taxpayer relief on appeal.
In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (2/23)Ways and Means
Thu 2/1 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
HB 175 (SB 54)LinkOccupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process

Harrison

Altering certain provisions of law regarding the prohibition on certain departments of State government from denying an occupational license or certificate to an applicant solely on the basis of the criminal history of the applicant by prohibiting a department from requiring disclosure of certain actions on an application and establishing a predetermination review process; authorizing a department to change a criminal history review fee of no more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Finance and Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18)Economic Matters
Wed 2/7 2:30 PM
Oppose 3
HB 181 (SB 19)LinkFailure 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 House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/6)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 199 (SB 141)LinkMultifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies

Wu

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 2/06 at 1:30 p.m. (1/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Monitor
HB 210LinkMaryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use and Electric-Ready Standards

Acevero

Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before January 1, 2025, 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 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:15 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/14)Environment and Transportation
Wed 2/14 1:15 PM
Oppose 3
HB 216 (SB 206)LinkCondominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment

Charkoudian

Authorizing certain governing bodies of a condominium to grant certain interests affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/14)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Monitor
HB 220LinkHomestead 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; providing that a certain homeowner may receive the larger of the homestead property tax credit amounts as calculated using certain methods; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29)Ways and Means
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 223LinkCommercial Law - Mortgage Loans - Verification of Ability to Repay

Queen

Exempting mortgage loans made by community development financial institutions from certain requirements to verify the borrower's ability to repay.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (3/15)Economic Matters
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Finance
Wed 3/20 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 225 (SB 309)LinkSustainable Growth Subcabinet and Repeal of the Office of Smart Growth

Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee

Altering the membership and duties of the Smart Growth Subcabinet.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/14)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
No Position
HB 233 (SB 306)LinkChesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Climate, Equity, and Administrative Provisions

Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee

Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption to climate change relevant to the critical area, enhancing resilience in the critical area, and environmental justice and equity initiatives; establishing certain considerations of climate change, resiliency, and equity as general principles and minimum elements of local programs; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/14)Environment and Transportation
Wed 2/7 2:30 PM
Monitor
HB 241 (SB 308)LinkHousing and Community Development - Just Community Designation

Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee

Authorizing the Governor, on the recommendation of the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, to designate certain areas as Just Communities based on certain criteria; and providing for the prioritization of State funding for Just Communities to increase racial, economic and health equity in the State.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (2/26)Environment and Transportation
Tue 1/30 2:00 PM
Monitor
HB 245LinkDepartment of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation

Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee

Authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee for the Responsible Personnel Training Program Certification; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/11)Environment and Transportation
Wed 1/31 2:30 PM
Oppose 1
HB 247Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Procedures

Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee

Repealing the use of a preliminary loss mitigation affidavit in an order to docket or complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; altering certain requirements for the filing of an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property and altering certain requirements for an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust; establishing that a copy of a notice of intent to foreclose is not a public record and is not subject to the Public Information Act; etc.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/7)Monitor
HB 254LinkCommercial Law - Credit Regulation - Predatory Loan Prevention (True Lender Act)

Chair, Economic Matters Committee

Prohibiting a person from engaging in certain activities to evade certain requirements relating to lending or the extension of credit; establishing that a person is a lender subject to certain statutory requirements under certain circumstances; etc.
In the House - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (1/11)Economic Matters
Tue 1/23 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 266 (SB 447)LinkResidential 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 2/06 at 1:30 p.m. (1/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Support 3
HB 271LinkLimited 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 who is authorized to act on behalf of the limited liability company; requiring a limited liability company to update information required under the Act in a certain manner; prohibiting a person from filing certain documents with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation that the person knows or has reason to know contain false information; providing a maximum $5,000 penalty for a violation; etc.
In the House - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18)Economic Matters
Tue 2/6 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 273LinkReal 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 2/06 at 1:30 p.m. (1/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Support 3
HB 279LinkCommon Ownership Communities - Local Commissions - Requirements

Holmes

Establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by a local government.
In the House - Hearing 2/06 at 1:30 p.m. (1/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 280 (SB 446)LinkLocal 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 Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (2/16)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Monitor
HB 281 (SB 1157)LinkCooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans

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 from 3 to 5 years 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 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Support 3
HB 283 (SB 333)LinkHousing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Identifying Suitable Property

Palakovich Carr

Repealing a requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development identify certain property as suitable for use or redevelopment; prohibiting the Department from identifying certain property for use or redevelopment as affordable housing; and requiring the Department to consider certain factors when identifying whether a property is suitable for use or redevelopment as affordable housing.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (2/16)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/6 1:30 PM
Support 1
HB 285 (SB 518)LinkTask Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity - Alterations

Holmes

Moving from October 31, 2023, to October 31, 2024, the deadline for the reporting requirement for the Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity; and extending from June 30, 2024, to December 31, 2024, the termination date for the Task Force.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/8)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 286LinkTask 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, 2025.
In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
HB 287 (SB 342)LinkProperty Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Assets Calculation

Charkoudian

Excluding the cash value of any qualified retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts from the definition of "assets" for purposes of certain property tax relief provided to certain renters; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (2/23)Ways and Means
Tue 2/6 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 366 (SB 49)LinkRestrictions 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 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/1)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 382 (SB 344)LinkCriminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception

Schmidt

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 Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/18)Judiciary
Wed 2/7 2:30 PM
Support 3
HB 392 (SB 57)LinkEvidence - Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Fair Housing Testing

Stewart

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 House - Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m. (2/5)Judiciary
Wed 2/7 2:30 PM
Support 3
HB 402LinkReal Property - Nuisance and Breach of Lease Actions - Rodent Harborage

Grammer

Authorizing an individual to bring a nuisance action for damages caused by rodent harborage on certain real property against certain individuals and authorizing a landlord to bring a breach of lease action against a tenant for behavior that causes or contributes to rodent harborage; and providing that a nuisance action may not be brought under the Act if the rodent harborage occurs on property that is zoned for agricultural use and is actually and primarily used as agricultural property.
In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 414 (SB 414)LinkEducation - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding

Forbes

Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $200,000 to the Maryland Council on Economic Education to support economic and financial literacy education of school-age children in the State; and providing that the funding may only be used to improve students' economic and personal finance understanding, provide free resources to financial literacy instructors, and assist local school systems and the Department with financial and economic curriculum development.
In the House - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23)Appropriations
Tue 2/6 1:00 PM
Support 3
HB 428 (SB 370)LinkCommunity Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment

Stewart

Establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program to provide rental assistance to eligible student households; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, to administer the Program; establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the Fund; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18)Appropriations
Tue 2/6 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 449 (SB 148)LinkComprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities

Ivey

Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of at least $20,000,000 for the comprehensive flood management grant program in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
In the House - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/1)Environment and Transportation
Thu 2/22 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 477 (SB 644)LinkLandlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good 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 Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/14)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Oppose 5
HB 480 (SB 664)LinkReal 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 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/26)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Support 1
HB 486 (SB 125)LinkResidential Property Sales - Contract Disclosures - Superfund Sites

Fair

Requiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile 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 the identification of the Superfund site, the definition of an NPL Superfund site, web addresses for certain websites, and a notice that the buyer may void the contract of sale within 5 days after signing and dating the contract of sale.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/8)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
HB 494 (SB 458)LinkCampaign Finance - Political Organizations - Prohibitions and Disclosures

Palakovich Carr

Prohibiting certain political organizations from fraudulently claiming to be acting on behalf of a candidate or political party; prohibiting certain political organizations from making expenditures or disbursements to an entity owned or controlled by certain individuals; prohibiting certain political organizations from employing certain individuals or allowing certain individuals to volunteer on behalf of the political organization; requiring certain political organizations to make certain disclosures; etc.
In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29)Ways and Means
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
HB 498 (SB 147)LinkReal Property - Access to Counsel in Evictions Program - Mandated Reports

Cardin

Altering the information relating to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Program required to be reported by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation each year to include disaggregation by case type, the amount paid to attorneys for each case managed, the geographic distribution of cases, the disposition of cases decided, the amount of State and federal funds allocated to each designated organization, and the number of individuals provided legal representation for multiple cases.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/11)Judiciary
Wed 2/14 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 503 (SB 586)LinkPublic Safety - Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing for Fuel Gas Piping Systems - Requirements and Prohibitions

Stein

Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of corrugated stainless steel tubing that does not meet a certain International Code Council standard; requiring certain tubing used in the construction of fuel gas piping systems in certain buildings to meet a certain standard; and providing a civil penalties of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act.
In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/25)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
No Position
HB 516LinkClimate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act of 2024

Fennell

Establishing the Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment to provide for the assessment of greenhouse gas pollution fees, the provision of certain benefits to households and employers, and the funding of certain climate-related activities; providing for the collection and use of certain greenhouse gas pollution fees; establishing the Household and Employer Benefit Fund and the Climate Crisis Infrastructure Fund as special, nonlapsing funds; etc.
In the House - Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/2)Economic Matters
Thu 2/29 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 520 (SB 461)LinkState Real Estate Commission - Complaints - Advertising Violations

A. Johnson

Providing that a complaint filed with the State Real Estate Commission alleging an advertising violation may be made anonymously but must be accompanied by documentary or other evidence.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/8)Economic Matters
Wed 2/14 1:00 PM
Support 5
HB 534 (SB 90)LinkCommunity Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Extension

Ruff

Requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, to include an appropriation of $200,000 in the annual budget bill for the Live Near Your School program in the Community Development Administration; and extending the termination date of the program from September 30, 2024, to September 30, 2030.
In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (3/14)Environment and Transportation
Fri 2/16 12:30 PM
Support 2
HB 535LinkMaryland Task Force on Educator Housing

Vogel

Establishing the Maryland Task Force on Educator Housing to evaluate and make recommendations on options for addressing the lack of access to attainable housing for educators in the State and to evaluate the correlation between the lack of access to attainable housing and educator shortages in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/6)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support 1
HB 538 (SB 484)LinkLand Use - Affordable Housing - Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)

The Speaker

Prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of a certain manufactured home in certain residential zoning districts under certain circumstances; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from using an element of an adequate public facilities law to deny certain permits for certain State-funded affordable housing projects or other qualified projects or to restrict or limit the development of the projects in a certain manner; etc.
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (1/25)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 5
HB 564 (SB 725)LinkReal Property - Residential Leases - Renter's Insurance Requirement

Taveras

Requiring a residential lease to include a requirement that a tenant hold a renter's insurance policy; prohibiting a lease from containing certain requirements regarding a renter's insurance policy; and requiring a landlord to acquire a renter's insurance policy on behalf of a tenant if the tenant does not have a policy.
In the House - Hearing 2/16 at 12:30 p.m. (2/15)Environment and Transportation
Fri 2/16 12:30 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 581 (SB 472)LinkState Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)

The Speaker

Requiring certain departments and independent units to create a certain catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 2024; requiring certain departments and independent units to post certain completed information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of the department or independent unit by October 1, 2025; establishing the Government Efficiency Commission; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/8)Health and Government Operations
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 591LinkReal Property - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Exemption From Payment

Clippinger

Providing that certain requirements for the payment of certain taxes, assessments, and charges do not apply to an instrument of writing transferring real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir or legatee of the decedent.
In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29)Ways and Means
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 598 (SB 413)LinkDiscrimination - Military Status - Prohibition

Boafo

Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to public accommodation, housing, employment, financial transactions, education, insurance, the provision of public utility services, and State personnel actions.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/18)Health and Government Operations
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Staff Discretion
HB 599 (SB 483)LinkMaryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)

The Speaker

Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments in certain low-income communities; requiring the Corporation to apply for an allocation of federal new markets tax credits; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for debt payments and for credit enhancement for certain projects; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 616 (SB 392)LinkAgricultural Land - Adversarial Foreign Governments - Restrictions on Property Interests

Munoz

Prohibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.
In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (1/26)Environment and Transportation
Wed 2/21 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 638LinkState Transfer Tax - Rates and Distribution of Revenue - Alterations

Ruth

Altering the State transfer tax rate and the distribution of State transfer tax revenue.
In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29)Ways and Means
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Oppose 5
HB 640 (SB 869)Property Tax - Improvements on Agricultural Land - Assessment

Ziegler

Clarifying a property owner's right to receive information on the calculation of an assessment; requiring owners of certain buildings to provide certain information to the supervisor of assessments within 90 days after construction of the buildings is completed; creating a subclass of real property consisting of improvements on agricultural land; requiring improvements on agricultural land to be assessed in a certain manner; etc.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/26)Monitor
HB 693 (SB 481)LinkRenters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024

The Speaker

Increasing maximum surcharges for certain eviction proceedings from $8 to $93 and prohibiting the District Court from assigning the surcharge against a tenant; altering the priority and criteria in the Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program that are followed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and public housing agencies for providing vouchers and housing assistance payments to families; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 697 (SB 1169)LinkReal Estate Brokers - Commercial Transactions - Buyer's Rights

Griffith

Establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for commercial real estate transactions related to a buyer's right to make certain title, settlement, and escrow selections.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/8)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 705LinkReal Property - Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Virtual Meetings

Terrasa

Requiring a person conducting a meeting of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association by telephone conference, video conference, or similar electronic means to provide a participant a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting; requiring certain participants in a meeting of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to have equal access to any available chat function; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (3/13)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/21 1:00 PM
No Position
HB 709 (SB 462)LinkLicensed Real Estate Brokers - Branch Offices - Designation of Managers

Rogers

Authorizing a licensed real estate broker to designate himself or herself as the manager of a branch office maintained by the licensed real estate broker.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/14)Economic Matters
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Support 5
HB 751LinkSale 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 an offer to purchase the property made only by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprofit organization, or a real estate enterprise that owns an interest in less than 3% of all residential real property in the county; 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 - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/6)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 783 (SB 773)LinkHomeowners Associations - Restriction on Long-Term Rentals - Prohibition

Holmes

Prohibiting the governing documents of a homeowners association from restricting or prohibiting the leasing of property to an individual who is not the lot owner for a period of 6 months or more.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/4)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 788LinkHuman 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 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)Judiciary
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 793LinkReal Property - Governing Bodies of Common Ownership Communities - Member Training

Holmes

Requiring each member of a board of directors or officer of a council of unit owners of a condominium and each member of a governing body of a homeowners association to successfully complete a training curriculum on the responsibilities of being a member or an officer in a certain manner and subject to certain requirements.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
Wed 3/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
HB 809LinkMembers of Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, or Workgroups - Removal or Suspension

Vogel

Providing that a member of a board, committee, commission, task force, or workgroup created by State law may be removed or suspended for misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duties, or other good cause by the individual or entity that appointed the member under certain circumstances; authorizing the removal or suspension of an appointed member only after consultation with the chair of the board, committee, commission, task force, or workgroup and the member has been given an opportunity to be heard regarding the removal or suspension; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Health and Government Operations
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 3/21 1:00 PM
Support 1
HB 811LinkHigher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment

Wolek

Establishing the Financial Well-Being Pilot Program at the University of Maryland, College Park Campus and Morgan State University to provide comprehensive financial guidance and coaching to help students who may benefit from financial coaching services; requiring by August 1, 2024, each participating institution to hire one full-time financial well-being coach; requiring each financial well-being coach to create a document with best practices and guidance for other institutions to use to create a financial well-being program; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (3/15)Appropriations
Tue 2/20 12:00 PM
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Wed 3/20 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 815LinkEconomic Development - Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program - Establishment

Spiegel

Establishing the Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce; providing that the purpose of Program is to establish a statewide network of financial empowerment centers in different regions of the State; requiring each center to provide one-on-one financial counseling and coaching services free of charge; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 an appropriation to the Department sufficient to cover the costs of the Pilot Program.
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/26)Appropriations
Wed 3/6 1:00 PM
Support 3
HB 823 (SB 689)LinkFire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)

Charkoudian

Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit; establishing the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Buildings; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2024; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 826 (SB 779)LinkReal Property - Taxation of Vacant Property, Certification of Company Representatives, and Short-Term Rentals

Stewart

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set a special property tax rate for improved residential property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; establishing a subclass of real property consisting of certain vacant residential property; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/5)Ways and Means
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 842LinkEnvironmental Justice - Investment in Infrastructure Construction Projects

Taveras

Requiring a State agency, in administering certain federal funds, to allocate 40% of those funds to infrastructure construction projects in overburdened communities and underserved communities and an additional 40% of those funds to infrastructure construction projects in communities of color and communities with a high percentage of low- to moderate-income households in the State; establishing the Justice40 Committee; etc.
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/26)Appropriations
Wed 3/6 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 853LinkResidential Leases - Late Payment Penalties - Calculation

Allen

Altering a prohibition concerning the maximum penalty for the late payment of rent that a landlord may charge in a residential lease to prohibit a penalty in excess of 5% of the amount of the unpaid rent rather than of the amount due.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (3/13)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/21 1:00 PM
No Position
HB 859 (SB 564)LinkReal Estate Brokers - Licensing - License Renewals and Continuing Education

A. Johnson

Repealing certain processes regarding the expiration of real estate brokers', associate real estate brokers', and real estate salespersons' licenses; requiring that certain licenses expire on a staggered basis; modifying and setting certain time frames for certain processes regarding the expiration of certain licenses; authorizing the State Real Estate Commission to set a certain fee under certain circumstances; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/14)Economic Matters
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Support 5
HB 862 (SB 639)LinkProperty Tax Exemption - Disabled Veterans - Service Connected Disability

Allen

Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with at least an 80% service connected disability.
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)Ways and Means
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 873 (SB 704)LinkAppraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations

Taylor

Expanding eligibility for financial assistance under the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program to include individuals who purchase certain qualified property after a qualified project is completed, at an affordable sales price as determined by certain regulations, and as an owner-occupant.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/14)Environment and Transportation
Fri 2/23 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 885LinkAgricultural Land and Programs - People's Republic of China

Chisholm

Prohibiting a nonresident alien who is a citizen of the People's Republic of China, a commercial enterprise or business incorporated in the People's Republic of China, and an individual employed by or associated with the government of the People's Republic of China from purchasing agricultural land or participating in certain agricultural programs.
In the House - Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/15)Environment and Transportation
Fri 3/8 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 889 (SB 695)LinkBuilding Code - Construction and Significant Renovation of Housing Units - Electric Vehicle Parking Spaces

Terrasa

Requiring the construction of new multifamily residential buildings with separate garages, carports, or driveways for each residential unit to include certain parking spaces for electric vehicle charging; requiring certain significant renovations of housing units with separate garages, carports, or driveways for each residential unit to include certain parking spaces for electric vehicle recharging; etc.
In the House - Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)Environment and Transportation
Fri 2/23 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
HB 919LinkProperty Tax - County Authority to Set Special Rates

Fair

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set special property tax rates for certain subclasses of property for the purpose of financing certain transportation improvements or a certain minimum school funding amount; prohibiting a special rate from exceeding 12.5 cents for each $100 of assessed value; and establishing certain subclasses of real property.
In the House - Referred to interim study by Ways and Means (3/16)Ways and Means
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
HB 924 (SB 1126)LinkTransportation - Regional Transportation Authorities

Spiegel

Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local-option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; etc.
In the House - Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/9)Environment and Transportation
Fri 3/1 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 940 (SB 1170)LinkLocal Government - Authorized Uses of Revenues From Development Impact Fees

Arentz

Authorizing the use of revenue from development impact fees to finance the capital costs for replacement, maintenance, or expansion of public works, improvements, or public facilities.
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
HB 964 (SB 635)LinkLandlords and Prospective Tenants - Residential Leases - Criminal History Review (Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act)

Boafo

Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's criminal history; and requiring a landlord that denies the lease application of a prospective tenant to provide the individual with a physical document stating with particularity each reason for the denial.
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 968LinkCondominiums and Homeowners Associations - Reserve Studies - Exemptions

Wivell

Exempting condominiums in which the council of unit owners votes to fund repairs to the common elements through a special assessment by an affirmative vote of 80% of certain unit owners and certain homeowners associations from provisions of law pertaining to reserve studies.
In the House - Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Environment and Transportation
Fri 3/1 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 970LinkReal Property - Residential Leases - Rent Increase Prohibition

Wells

Prohibiting a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent if the landlord violates a requirement that the landlord provide notification of an increase in rent; and prohibiting a landlord from taking certain retaliatory actions as a result of the inability to increase the tenant's rent.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 992 (SB 835)LinkEnvironment - Delegated Authorities - Well and Septic Program Permits

Stein

Requiring a local health department or county government to which the Department of the Environment has delegated authority to administer a septic and well program to submit, by December 1, 2024, a schedule of review times for certain well and septic program permits for approval; and requiring a local health department or county government to submit well and septic program permit data to the Department for review beginning 3 months after the original schedule submission approved by the Department and every 3 months thereafter.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/14)Environment and Transportation
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Support 3
HB 1000LinkReal Property - Residential Contracts of Sale - Buyer Privacy Rights

Ruff

Prohibiting a contract of sale for single-family residential real property from containing the name of an individual buyer prior to acceptance of the contract of sale by the seller; and applying the Act prospectively.
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 1007 (SB 766)LinkFair Share for Maryland Act of 2024

Palakovich Carr

Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation's income to the State under certain circumstances; altering the State income tax rate on Maryland taxable income of certain individuals; etc.
In the House - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)Ways and Means
Thu 2/22 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 1010LinkCondominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Documents - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment

Terrasa

Providing that provisions of the governing documents of a condominium or homeowners association prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the governing body from installing or authorizing the installation of electric vehicle recharging equipment are void and unenforceable; and authorizing the governing body of a condominium or homeowners association to grant a license for up to 3 years on any common element necessary for the installation of equipment or for the supply of electricity to any electric vehicle recharging equipment.
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 1014 (SB 928)LinkMaryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit

Adams

Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025; and altering a certain limitation on the amount of the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025.
In the House - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)Ways and Means
Thu 2/22 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 1035LinkReal Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment

Rosenberg

Establishing the Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund to provide grants to low-income condominium owners who live in condominiums with insufficient reserve accounts to enable a low-income unit owner to pay increased assessments necessary for a condominium association to meet reserve account funding requirements; requiring that the Fund prioritize low-income adults aged 65 years or older; and requiring by December 31 annually, low-income unit owners who received grants to make a certain report regarding the reserve account balance.
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 1039 (SB 898)LinkCondominiums and Homeowners Associations - Resale Contracts - Notice Requirements

Terrasa

Establishing that certain required notices in certain resale contracts may be provided to a purchaser's real estate agent; altering certain fees a council of unit owners or a homeowners association or its agent may charge for providing certain disclosures; and altering the time period from 5 to 7 days within which a purchaser may cancel a resale contract when required notices are not provided.
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Support 5
HB 1090LinkRevitalizing 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 of HUD dollar homes and abandoned residential properties for resale to low-to moderate-income buyers; and 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 Program.
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Support 1
HB 1101 (SB 653)LinkStanding - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)

Love

Providing certain persons and associations standing in environmental and natural resources protection proceedings, including proceedings arising under provisions of law relating to water quality and water resources protection, subject to certain conditions; authorizing persons that meet standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to grant certain relief, award certain costs, and impose certain civil penalties in certain civil actions under certain circumstances; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Fri 3/1 1:00 PM
Oppose 4
HB 1108 (SB 1167)LinkReal Property - Residential Leases - Fee in Lieu of a Security Deposit

Boyce

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 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8)Environment and Transportation
Fri 2/23 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 1113LinkEnvironment - Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Clearance Levels - Adoption

Rosenberg

Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to make the State dust-lead hazard standards and dust-lead clearance levels consistent with certain federal standards within 60 days after a regulation adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lower acceptable dust-lead standards takes effect.
In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8)Environment and Transportation
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 1114 (SB 992)LinkReal 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 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/8)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 4
HB 1117 (SB 946)LinkLandlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)

Stewart

Establishing that a landlord that offers a residential dwelling unit for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; clarifying that certain mold hazards constitute dangerous conditions and defects for which a tenant may obtain relief; authorizing certain remedies for a tenant if a landlord breaches the warranty of habitability; providing that a court may order certain relief in civil actions relating to the breach of warranty of habitability, including actual damages, abatement of rent, and lease termination; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 1135LinkFinancial Institutions - Community Benefit Plan Act of 2024

Wells

Requiring certain regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with certain applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals under the plans; establishing the Community Reinvestment Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to finance certain community development activities; etc.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/4)Oppose 3
HB 1179LinkHousing and Community Development - Pets in Housing Developments

Stein

Prohibiting an owner or agent of an owner of a housing development that on or after January 1, 2025, received an allocation of certain tax credits from the Department of Housing and Community Development from imposing certain prohibitions and costs related to a resident's possession of pets; and applying the Act prospectively.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 1187LinkReserve Funding Assistance Program - Establishment

McComas

Establishing the Reserve Funding Assistance Program to provide funds to residents of common ownership communities in order to assist with the payment of increased assessments as a result of certain reserve studies; authorizing a resident to apply for the Program who is at least 62 years old, has a certain disability, or is unable to work due to an injury or medical condition; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include an appropriation of $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
HB 1196 (SB 962)LinkReal Property - Contracts of Sale - Title Report Requirement

Rose

Requiring the seller of any real property to provide a title report to the buyer prior to closing; permitting a buyer to rescind a contract of sale for real property under certain circumstances; and providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 1201 (SB 1072)LinkOccupational and Professional Licensing - Military Training and Military Spouses

Buckel

Requiring an occupational licensing board to issue a license, certificate, permit, or registration to an applicant who is military trained or who is a military spouse if the applicant meets certain requirements; requiring an occupational licensing board to consider certain types of experience for a certain calculation; and authorizing an occupational licensing board to issue a temporary license, certificate, permit, or registration under certain circumstances.
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/9)Economic Matters
Wed 3/6 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
HB 1207LinkCondominiums - Mandatory Homeowners Insurance Coverage - Detached Units

Pippy

Limiting the application of a requirement that owners of residential, detached units in a condominium regime carry homeowners insurance coverage to units in condominium regimes composed only of residential, detached units.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/11)Support 3
HB 1208 (SB 1050)Common Ownership Communities - Reserve Studies - Exemptions

Adams

Exempting cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, and homeowners associations from conducting reserve studies on the vote of at least two-thirds of the members or owners.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/26)Oppose 3
HB 1224 (SB 953)LinkHousing - Community Development Program Act - Funding

McCaskill

Requiring the Comptroller to distribute $5,000,000 to a certain Community Development Program 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 2/27 at 12:00 p.m. (2/12)Appropriations
Tue 2/27 12:00 PM
Support 2
HB 1227 (SB 1015)LinkCondominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Detached Units

Holmes

Altering the types of elements and units for which a council of unit owners is required to maintain certain property insurance; and limiting instances when an owner of a detached unit within a condominium is required to carry homeowners insurance on the entirety of the unit.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/14)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Support 3
HB 1239LinkReal Estate Brokers - Brokerage Agreements - Requirements

Boafo

Requiring certain items to be included in a brokerage agreement between a real estate broker and a seller or lessor or a buyer or lessee.
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Economic Matters
Wed 3/6 1:00 PM
Support 5
HB 1241Environment - Polyvinyl Chloride and Chlorinated Polyvinyl Water Piping - Prohibition

Ruth

Prohibiting a person from using certain polyvinyl chloride or chlorinated polyvinyl chloride piping in the installation, repair, or replacement of a water pipe or plumbing intended to dispense water for human consumption beginning January 1, 2025; and establishing the Water Pipe Safety Workgroup.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/19)No Position
HB 1251LinkProperty Tax - Credit for Longtime Residents to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase

Metzgar

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by an individual who is at least 60 years old, who has resided in the dwelling for 30 consecutive years, and whose combined income does not exceed $75,000; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Ways and Means
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Support 1
HB 1262LinkCommon Ownership Communities - Reserve Studies - Alterations

Hartman

Exempting the governing bodies of common ownership communities that are not established in Prince George's County or Montgomery County and have six or fewer units or lots from reserve study requirements; and extending the deadline, from 3 to 5 fiscal years, following an initial reserve study that the governing body common ownership community has to attain a certain recommended annual reserve funding level.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
HB 1274LinkLandlord and Tenant - Failure to Pay Rent - Evidence of Notice to Tenant

Wells

Requiring that a complaint to repossess a residential premises for the failure to pay rent include evidence that the landlord provided the tenant with notice of the landlord's intent to file a claim.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
No Position
HB 1279 (SB 1023)LinkMaryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2024)

Boafo

Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements of buildings and structures meet all water and space heating demands of the building or structure without the use of fossil fuels, meet energy conservation requirements, and meet an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings; etc.
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Environment and Transportation
Wed 3/6 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 1295LinkReal Property - Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirements

Lehman

Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to certain residential rental units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2024, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2024, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement of electrical systems or heating systems; and applying the Act prospectively.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
HB 1308LinkReal 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 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 Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Judiciary
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
Wed 3/27 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
HB 1316LinkReal Property - Holding Over - Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Member

Chisholm

Requiring a District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 30 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a licensed private detective agency to serve a summons if the constable or sheriff fails to serve the summons within 10 days after the summons is issued by the court.
In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (3/14)Judiciary
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/21 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 1348LinkHomestead Property Tax Credit - Calculation of Credit Percentage - Social Security Benefits

Feldmark

Altering the calculation of the homestead property tax credit percentage if more than 50% of a homeowner's household income is composed of Social Security benefits.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Ways and Means
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 1375LinkEnvironmental Justice - Identification of and Investment in Overburdened and Underserved Communities - Report

Rosenberg

Requiring the Department of the Environment to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2024, relating to the identification of overburdened and underserved communities, the percentage of spending for certain investments that benefited overburdened and underserved communities during the prior fiscal year within certain governmental entities, and certain recommendations on improving the identification of and provision of assistance to overburdened and underserved communities.
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/11)Monitor
HB 1397 (SB 590)LinkHuman Relations - Discrimination - Protected Characteristics

Simmons

Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Finance (3/18)Economic Matters
Wed 3/6 1:00 PM
Monitor
HB 1399LinkCorporations and Associations - Resident Agent - Public Information

Kaiser

Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to include the name, physical mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number for the resident agent for each entity required to designate a resident agent as part of the publicly available information about the entity.
In the House - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters (3/14)Economic Matters
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
HB 1408LinkResidential Property - Assignment of Contracts of Sale - Disclosure Requirements and Rescission

Rosenberg

Permitting a vendor and purchaser of residential property to rescind a contract of sale at any time before the distribution of trust money at closing if certain disclosures are not made and the contract is assigned to another person; and requiring an escrow agent to distribute trust money in a contract of sale for residential property to a party that rescinds the contract.
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
HB 1419LinkCriminal Law - Deed Fraud - Prohibition and Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund

Amprey

Prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, sale, or conveyance of real property by deception, intimidation, threat, or undue influence; requiring the Department of State Police to disaggregate certain data collected for the Uniform Crime Report; and establishing the Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13)Judiciary
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
HB 1426 (SB 1102)LinkEducation - Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations

Chair, Ways and Means Committee

Authorizing the State Department of Education to award funding for a new Judy Center or Family Support Center for planning and development under a certain circumstance; altering the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and submit an independent evaluation; requiring a nonclassroom teacher who pursues National Board Certification to receive certain funding from the State under certain circumstances; altering requirements for the Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Program; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation (3/18)Ways and Means
Mon 2/26 11:00 AM
Monitor
HB 1445LinkLandlord and Tenant - Actions for Possession - Service of Process by a Private Detective

Schmidt

Authorizing service of process in an action to repossess leased residential property that also seeks a money judgment to be carried out by a private detective that is also otherwise authorized to serve process under the Maryland Rules.
In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)Judiciary
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 1449 (SB 1045)LinkZoning - Board of Appeals Decisions or Zoning Actions - Judicial Review

Lehman

Applying to charter counties and the City of Baltimore certain provisions relating to a request for judicial review of certain decisions of a board of appeals or a zoning action; specifying when a person is aggrieved by a board of appeals decision or a zoning action of a legislative body for purposes of requesting judicial review by a circuit court; authorizing certain corporations, unincorporated associations, and other organizations to file a request for judicial review of a board of appeals decision or a zoning action; etc.
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Oppose 4
HB 1454 (SB 340)LinkProperty Tax - Credit to Offset Increases in Local Tax Revenue

Atterbeary

Authorizing Baltimore City, a county, or a municipal corporation to grant the property tax credit to offset increases in local income tax revenues to the owner-occupied property of a homeowner for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022, but before July 1, 2025, whether or not the homeowner has an application for the homestead property tax credit on file with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, notwithstanding a certain provision of law.
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Ways and Means
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Support 2
HB 1457Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions

Holmes

Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents with the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to establish a database of governing documents accessible to the public; and establishing requirements for a local common ownership commission established by the local government of a county.
In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/12)Support 3
HB 1496 (SB 665)Maryland Condominium Act - Amendments to the Declaration

J. Long

Reducing the percentage of unit owners listed on the current roster of a condominium needed to consent to an amendment of a condominium's declaration if none of the units of the condominium are owned by a developer of the condominium from 80% to 66 2/3%.
In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/16)Support 2
HB 1511LinkForest Conservation Act - Modifications

Love

Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to update a certain model local government ordinance and adopt certain regulations relating to forest conservation on or before July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, respectively; delaying the dates on which certain provisions of the Forest Conservation Act will apply to certain solarvoltaic facilities and forest conservation plans; and delaying the effective date of certain provisions of the Forest Conservation Act.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/12 3:00 PM
Monitor
HB 1512 (SB 1173)LinkBay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal

Adams

Repealing the termination date for certain provisions of law that expand the authorized uses of the Bay Restoration Fund to include certain costs associated with the connection of a property using an on-site sewage disposal system to a certain existing municipal wastewater facility.
In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/12 3:00 PM
Support 1
HB 1515LinkSales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services

Moon

Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain labors and services; altering the rate of the sales and use tax; altering the percentage of gross receipts from vending machine sales and from certain sales of dyed diesel fuel to which the sales and use tax is applied; altering the rate of the sales and use tax applied to certain charges made in connection with sales of alcoholic beverages; etc.
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 11:00 a.m. (3/6)Ways and Means
Mon 3/11 11:00 AM
Oppose 5
SB 6 (HB 63)LinkProperty Tax - Credit for Dwelling House of Disabled Veterans - Alterations

Gile

Altering eligibility for a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans to include individuals who have been declared by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a nonpermanent service-connected disability of 100% that results from blindness or any other disabling cause that was not caused or incurred by misconduct of the veteran; altering the criteria for determining the amount of the credit; etc.
In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/16)Ways and Means
Tue 3/26 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
Thu 1/18 12:00 PM
Support 2
SB 19 (HB 181)LinkFailure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records

Sydnor

Requiring the District Court to shield all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding that did not result in a judgment of possession; authorizing the District Court, on motion of a tenant, to shield all court records relating to a failure to pay rent proceeding that results in a judgment of possession under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to develop and publish on its website a certain form; etc.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation and Judiciary (2/21)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 25LinkProperty Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations

Klausmeier

Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit for a certain dwelling, the definition of "fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker" to include disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who have died regardless of the cause of death; authorizing, under certain circumstances, the amount of the credit for a 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 initially granted for the dwelling; etc.
In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/16)Ways and Means
Tue 3/26 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
Thu 1/18 12:00 PM
Support 2
SB 46 (HB 143)LinkCondominiums - Sales Contracts - Asbestos Disclosure

Waldstreicher

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 - Third Reading Passed (45-0) (3/18)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 49 (HB 366)LinkRestrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration

Elfreth

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 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 2/8 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 53 (HB 29)LinkReal Property - Transfer to Heir - Exemption From Prepayment

Kelly

Providing that certain requirements for the prepayment of certain real property taxes do not apply to an instrument of writing transferring real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir of the decedent.
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/5)Monitor
SB 54 (HB 175)LinkOccupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Prohibited Disclosures and Predetermination Review Process

Carter

Altering certain provisions of law regarding the prohibition on certain departments of State government from denying an occupational license or certificate to an applicant solely on the basis of the criminal history of the applicant by prohibiting a department from requiring disclosure of certain actions on an application and establishing a predetermination review process; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of no more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (1/17)Finance
Tue 2/6 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
SB 57 (HB 392)LinkEvidence - 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 - Third Reading Passed (28-17) (3/18)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Support 3
SB 90 (HB 534)LinkCommunity Development Administration - Live Near Your School Program - Funding and Extension

Hayes

Authorizing the Governor, for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, to include an appropriation of $200,000 in the annual budget bill for the Live Near Your School program in the Community Development Administration; and extending the termination date of the program from September 30, 2024, to September 30, 2030.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (2/21)Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/17 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 96 (HB 24)LinkEnvironment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions

Jackson

Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tue 3/5 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 125 (HB 486)LinkResidential Property Sales - Contract Notice - Superfund Sites

Lewis Young

Requiring a contract for the sale of residential real property to contain certain buyer notice relating to Internet resources for locating hazardous waste sites identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; establishing that a buyer of residential real property has the right to rescind a contract of sale within 5 days of receiving a certain notice and to the return of certain deposits; requiring the return of certain deposits held in trust by a licensed real estate broker to comply with certain provisions of law; etc.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (3/8)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
SB 141 (HB 199)LinkMultifamily 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 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (1/15)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 147 (HB 498)LinkReal Property - Access to Counsel in Evictions Program - Mandated Reports

West

Altering the information relating to the Access to Counsel in Eviction Program required to be reported by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation each year to include the number of cases in which an individual was provided legal representation, the amount paid to attorneys for each case managed, the geographic distribution of cases, the disposition of cases decided, the amount of certain funds allocated to each designated organization, and the number of individuals provided legal representation for multiple cases.
In the House - First Reading Judiciary (2/21)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 148 (HB 449)LinkComprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities and Areas at Extreme Risk of Flooding

A. Washington

Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities and areas in which over 90% of households are at extreme risk of flooding in the next 30 years; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of up to $20,000,000 for the comprehensive flood management grant program in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation and Appropriations (3/1)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tue 2/6 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 162 (HB 93)LinkLandlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent

Waldstreicher

Limiting a tenant's liability for rent under a residential lease to not more than 2 months' rent after the date on which the tenant vacates a leased premises if a physician or psychologist completes a form specifying that the tenant has a mental disorder that causes the continued habitation of the leased premises to be unfeasible or unsustainable and requires the tenant to move to a home, facility, or institution to obtain a higher level of care than can be provided at the leased premises and the tenant vacates the leased premises.
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/19 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 171 (HB 139)LinkLandlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services

Augustine

Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which certain landlords are required to provide a certain notice in a written lease and a copy of a certain receipt or bill summary under certain circumstances.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (2/23)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 199 (HB 13)LinkResidential Property - Affordable Housing Land Trusts - Authority to Establish Condominium Regimes

Waldstreicher

Authorizing a condominium regime to be established on certain land owned by an affordable housing land trust.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (2/23)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 203 (HB 7)LinkHousing Innovation Pilot Program and Housing Innovation Fund - Establishment (Housing Innovation Pilot Program Act of 2024)

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; establishing the Housing Innovation Fund; requiring a local housing authority to provide a dollar-for-dollar match for Program funds awarded to housing innovation projects that are part of the Program; requiring the Department to prioritize projects that do not use low-income housing tax credit equity or tax-exempt volume cap; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m. (1/25)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 1/25 1:30 PM
Support 3
SB 206 (HB 216)LinkCondominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment

Smith

Authorizing the board of directors of a condominium, by a majority vote, 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.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (2/28)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 1/30 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 263 (HB 20)LinkReal Property Assessments - Revaluation of Property on Transfer After Appeal

Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee

Requiring that real property be revalued during a 3-year assessment cycle if, within 1 year after the assessment of a property is reduced due to an appeal, the property transfers for consideration that exceeds the value of the property before the reduction of the assessment.
In the Senate - Hearing 1/18 at 12:00 p.m. (1/9)Budget and Taxation
Thu 1/18 12:00 PM
Monitor
SB 274 (HB 17)LinkCharter Counties - Comprehensive Plans - Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Altering requirements for the housing element of a charter county's comprehensive plan to include requirements related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; requiring the housing element of a comprehensive plan that is enacted or amended on or after January 1, 2025 to include an assessment of fair housing to ensure that the county is affirmatively furthering fair housing; etc.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (2/12)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 1/25 1:30 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 276 (HB 35)LinkProperty Tax - Submission of Building Permits to Supervisor of Assessments - Estimated Construction Cost

Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee

Requiring local permit offices to include a construction cost estimate when submitting a copy of a building permit to the supervisor of assessments of the county where the building is located.
In the Senate - Hearing 1/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/9)Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/17 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
SB 279 (HB 174)LinkProperty Tax Assessment - Appeals to Maryland Tax Court - Filing Fee

Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee

Requiring a taxpayer, when filing an appeal to the Maryland Tax Court of a property tax assessment for income-producing property valued greater than $5,000,000, to pay a $100 nonrefundable fee to the Maryland Tax Court.
In the Senate - Hearing 1/17 at 1:00 p.m. (1/9)Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/17 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
SB 283LinkHomeowners' Property Tax Credit - Application - Attestation of Gross Income

Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee

Authorizing an applicant for the homeowners' property tax credit to attest to gross income on an application in lieu of providing an income tax return to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation under certain circumstances; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/5)Ways and Means
Tue 3/19 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/17 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 286 (HB 154)LinkHomeowners' and Homestead Property Tax Credits - Application Filing Deadline - Extension

Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee

Authorizing the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to accept an application for the homeowners' property tax credit submitted by a certain homeowner within 3 years after April 15 of the taxable year for which the credit is sought if the homeowner is enrolled in the Homeowner Protection Program; and altering the number of taxable years, from 1 to up to 2, that a homeowner may be retroactively qualified by the Department for the homestead property tax credit.
In the Senate - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (3/16)Ways and Means
Tue 3/26 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/17 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 306 (HB 233)LinkChesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Climate, Equity, and Administrative Provisions

Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption to climate change relevant to the critical area, enhancing resilience in the critical area, and environmental justice and equity initiatives; establishing certain considerations of climate change, resiliency, and equity as general principles and minimum elements of local programs; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m. (1/11)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Wed 1/31 2:00 PM
Monitor
SB 308 (HB 241)LinkHousing and Community Development - Just Community Designation

Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Authorizing the Governor, on the recommendation of the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, to designate certain areas as Just Communities based on certain criteria; and providing for the prioritization of State funding for Just Communities to increase racial, economic, and health equity in the State.
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/19 1:00 PM
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/1 1:30 PM
Monitor
SB 309 (HB 225)LinkSustainable Growth Subcabinet and Repeal of the Office of Smart Growth

Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Repealing the Office of Smart Growth; repealing the position of Special Secretary of Smart Growth; renaming the Smart Growth Subcabinet to be the Sustainable Growth Subcabinet; and altering the membership and duties of the Subcabinet.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (2/16)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/1 1:30 PM
No Position
SB 313Maryland Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Reform Workgroup

Folden

Establishing the Maryland Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Reform Workgroup to study the effectiveness of Maryland's wiretapping and electronic surveillance laws, examine current technologies, and examine ways to make certain audio and visual recordings more available; and requiring the Workgroup to report its final findings and recommendations regarding revisions to Maryland's wiretapping and electronic surveillance laws to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025.
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/5)Monitor
SB 321LinkProperty Tax - Credit for Hotel or Residential Development Projects

Jackson

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property that is used for certain hotel or residential development projects; and altering eligibility for a certain property tax credit in Wicomico County against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property that is used for certain hotel or residential development projects.
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/5)Ways and Means
Tue 3/19 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/24 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 333 (HB 283)LinkHousing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Identifying Suitable Property

Hettleman

Repealing a requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development identify certain property as suitable for use or redevelopment; prohibiting the Department from identifying certain property for use or redevelopment as affordable housing; and requiring the Department to consider certain factors when identifying whether a property is suitable for use or redevelopment as affordable housing.
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/19 1:00 PM
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/8 1:00 PM
Support 1
SB 340 (HB 1454)LinkProperty Tax - Credit to Offset Increases in Local Tax Revenue

King

Authorizing Baltimore City, a county, or a municipal corporation to grant the property tax credit to offset increases in local income tax revenues to the owner-occupied property of a homeowner for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022, but before July 1, 2025, whether or not the homeowner has an application for the homestead property tax credit on file with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, notwithstanding a certain provision of law.
In the Senate - Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m. (1/13)Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/24 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 342 (HB 287)LinkProperty Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Assets Calculation

McCray

Excluding the cash value of any qualified retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts from the definition of "assets" for purposes of certain property tax relief provided to certain renters; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/5)Ways and Means
Tue 3/19 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/24 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 343 (HB 44)LinkRenters' Property Tax Relief and Homeowners' Property Tax Credit Programs - Gross Income and Assessed Value Limitations - Alterations

McCray

Altering the definition of "gross income" to exclude certain public assistance received in a cash grant for purposes of the renters' property tax relief program and the homeowners' property tax credit program; increasing the combined gross income limit used to determine eligibility for the tax credits; and increasing, from $300,000 to $450,000, the maximum assessed value of a dwelling on which the homeowners' property tax credit is calculated.
In the Senate - Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m. (1/13)Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/24 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 344 (HB 382)LinkCriminal 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 - First Reading Judiciary (3/15)Judicial Proceedings
Wed 2/14 1:00 PM
Support 3
SB 352Maryland Building Performance Standards - Apartment Building Height Allowances - Study and Alterations

Watson

Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish a workgroup to conduct a study on the maximum height restriction for an apartment building with a single-exit stairway in each state; requiring the workgroup to make certain recommendations for increasing the maximum height for those buildings in this State by July 1, 2026; and requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations based on the workgroup's recommendations by June 1, 2027.
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/4)Support/Amend 3
SB 356 (HB 3)LinkLand Use - Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing - Requirements

Muse

Requiring local jurisdictions to establish and implement an expedited development review process for certain proposed affordable housing developments; applying the process to a charitable organization seeking to develop affordable housing on its own land and a public housing authority proposing to develop affordable housing on land owned by a charity or a government entity; and establishing a good-faith waiver for local jurisdictions that cannot implement an expedited development review process.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/01 at 1:30 p.m. (1/24)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/1 1:30 PM
Support 2
SB 370 (HB 428)LinkCommunity Schools - Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program and Fund - Establishment

Hettleman

Establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program to provide rental assistance to eligible student households; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, to administer the Program; establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the Fund; etc.
In the House - First Reading Appropriations and Ways and Means (3/15)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Wed 1/31 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 392 (HB 616)LinkAgricultural Land - Adversarial Foreign Governments - Restrictions on Property Interests

Gallion

Prohibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 413 (HB 598)LinkDiscrimination - Military Status - Prohibition

Gile

Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to public accommodation, housing, employment, financial transactions, education, insurance, the provision of public utility services, and State personnel actions.
In the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations (2/23)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 2/8 1:00 PM
Staff Discretion
SB 414 (HB 414)LinkEducation - Maryland Council on Economic Education - Funding

Zucker

Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $200,000 for the Maryland Council on Economic Education to support economic and financial literacy education of school-age children in the State; and providing that the funding may be used only to improve students' economic and personal finance understanding, provide free resources to public and nonpublic school special education financial literacy instructors, and assist with certain curriculum development.
In the House - First Reading Appropriations (2/14)Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/31 1:00 PM
Support 3
SB 446 (HB 280)LinkLocal Government - Condominium and Homeowners Associations - Repair and Rehabilitation Funds

Muse

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 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/19 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
Wed 1/31 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 447 (HB 266)LinkResidential Owners in Common Ownership Communities - Bill of Rights

Muse

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 Senate - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23)Judicial Proceedings
Wed 2/14 1:00 PM
Support 3
SB 458 (HB 494)LinkCampaign Finance - Political Organizations - Prohibitions and Disclosures

Kagan

Prohibiting certain political organizations from fraudulently claiming to be acting on behalf of a candidate or political party; prohibiting certain political organizations from making expenditures or disbursements to an entity owned or controlled by certain individuals; prohibiting certain political organizations from employing certain individuals or allowing certain individuals to volunteer on behalf of the political organization; requiring certain political organizations to make certain disclosures; etc.
In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/16)Ways and Means
Tue 3/26 1:00 PM
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Wed 2/21 1:00 PM
SB 461 (HB 520)LinkState Real Estate Commission - Complaints - Advertising Violations

Watson

Providing that a complaint filed with the State Real Estate Commission alleging an advertising violation may be made anonymously but must be accompanied by documentary or other evidence.
In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/28)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/8 1:00 PM
Support 5
SB 462 (HB 709)LinkLicensed Real Estate Brokers - Branch Offices - Designation of Managers

Watson

Authorizing a licensed real estate broker to designate himself or herself as the manager of a branch office maintained by the licensed real estate broker.
In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/28)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/8 1:00 PM
Support 5
SB 465 (HB 159)LinkCommon Ownership Communities - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment (Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Act of 2024)

Kelly

Altering certain requirements for procedures relating to electric vehicle recharging equipment; establishing requirements and procedures relating to an application to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation to install or use electric vehicle recharging equipment; and requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to publish information on its common ownership community website regarding certain requirements, contractor and insurer information, points of contact, and dispute resolution resources.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (3/8)Judicial Proceedings
Wed 2/14 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 472 (HB 581)LinkState Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)

President

Altering the principal departments of the Executive Branch; requiring certain departments and independent units to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and submit the catalog to the Governor by October 1, 2024; and requiring certain departments and independent units to post a completed update of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of the department or independent unit by October 1, 2025.
In the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations (3/15)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/22 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 481 (HB 693)LinkRenters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024

President

Increasing maximum surcharges for certain eviction proceedings from $8 to $93 and prohibiting the District Court from assigning the surcharge against a tenant; altering the priority and criteria in the Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program that are followed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and public housing agencies for providing vouchers and housing assistance payments to families; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (2/5)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 2/29 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 483 (HB 599)LinkMaryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)

President

Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments in certain low-income communities; requiring the Corporation to apply for an allocation of federal new markets tax credits; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for debt payments and for credit enhancement for certain projects; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/2)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/22 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 484 (HB 538)LinkLand Use - Affordable Housing - Zoning Density and Permitting (Housing Expansion and Affordability Act of 2024)

President

Prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of a certain manufactured home in certain residential zoning districts under certain circumstances; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from using an element of an adequate public facilities law to deny certain permits for certain State-funded affordable housing projects or other qualified projects or to restrict or limit the development of the projects in a certain manner; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/01 at 9:00 a.m. (2/13)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Fri 3/1 9:00 AM
Support/Amend 5
SB 518 (HB 285)LinkTask Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity - Alterations

A. Washington

Moving from October 31, 2023, to October 31, 2024, the deadline for the reporting requirement for the Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity; and extending from June 30, 2024, to December 31, 2024, the termination date for the Task Force.
In the House - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/18)Environment and Transportation
Tue 3/19 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 542LinkReal Estate Brokers - Brokerage Agreements - Requirements

Brooks

Requiring items to be included in a brokerage agreement between a real estate broker and a seller or lessor or a buyer or lessee.
In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/28)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/8 1:00 PM
Support 5
SB 564 (HB 859)LinkReal Estate Brokers - Licensing - License Renewals and Continuing Education

Watson

Repealing certain processes regarding the expiration of certain licenses for real estate brokers, associate real estate brokers, and real estate salespersons; requiring that certain licenses expire on a staggered basis; modifying and setting certain time frames for certain processes regarding the expiration of certain licenses; authorizing the State Real Estate Commission to set a certain fee under certain circumstances; altering certain regulatory requirements for conducting certain continuing education courses; etc.
In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (3/1)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/15 1:00 PM
Support 5
SB 586 (HB 503)LinkPublic Safety - Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing for Fuel Gas Piping Systems - Requirements and Prohibitions

Brooks

Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of corrugated stainless steel tubing that does not meet a certain International Code Council standard; requiring certain tubing used in the construction of fuel gas piping systems in certain buildings to meet a certain standard; and providing a civil penalties of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tue 2/13 1:00 PM
No Position
SB 590 (HB 1397)LinkHuman Relations - Discrimination - Protected Characteristics (Equal Opportunity for All Marylanders Act)

Lam

Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/16 at 10:00 a.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (2/12)Judicial Proceedings
Fri 2/16 10:00 AM
Monitor
SB 622LinkCommunity Reinvestment and Repair Fund - Funding (Maryland Reparations Act of 2024)

Carter

Requiring that a certain amount of revenue from the State individual income tax and Maryland estate tax be distributed to the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; providing for an additional State individual income tax rate on the net capital gains of individuals; altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax; increasing the rate of the sales and use tax for cannabis from 9% to 14%; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29)Budget and Taxation
Wed 2/14 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
SB 635 (HB 964)LinkLandlords and Prospective Tenants - Residential Leases - Criminal History Review (Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act)

West

Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's criminal history; and requiring a landlord that denies the lease application of a prospective tenant to provide the individual with a physical document stating with particularity each reason for the denial.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/7 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
SB 639 (HB 862)LinkProperty Tax Exemption - Disabled Veterans - Service Connected Disability

Brooks

Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with at least an 80% service connected disability; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30)Budget and Taxation
Wed 2/14 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 644 (HB 477)LinkLandlord 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 2/16 at 10:00 a.m. (2/12)Judicial Proceedings
Fri 2/16 10:00 AM
Oppose 5
SB 653 (HB 1101)LinkStanding - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)

Augustine

Providing certain persons and associations standing in environmental and natural resources protection proceedings, including proceedings arising under provisions of law relating to water quality and water resources protection, subject to certain conditions; authorizing persons that meet standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to grant certain relief, award certain costs, and impose certain civil penalties in certain civil actions under certain circumstances; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Oppose 4
SB 664 (HB 480)LinkReal Property - Land Installment Contracts - Requirements and Vendor Duties and Limitations

Charles

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 2/16 at 10:00 a.m. (2/12)Judicial Proceedings
Fri 2/16 10:00 AM
Support 1
SB 665 (HB 1496)LinkMaryland Condominium Act - Amendments to the Declaration

Charles

Reducing the percentage of unit owners listed on the current roster of a condominium needed to consent to an amendment of a condominium's declaration if none of the units of the condominium are owned by a developer of the condominium from 80% to 66 2/3%.
In the Senate - Third Reading Passed (45-0) (3/18)Judicial Proceedings
Fri 2/16 10:00 AM
Support 2
SB 671LinkForeclosure 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 to organize and direct services and resources to provide covered individuals with access to certain legal representation; establishing a Special Fund to provide funding to fully implement access to legal representation in foreclosure proceedings; requiring the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation under the Program; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (1/31)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
SB 689 (HB 823)LinkFire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)

Smith

Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit; establishing the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Buildings; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2024; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/01 at 9:00 a.m. (2/13)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Fri 3/1 9:00 AM
Support/Amend 2
SB 695 (HB 889)LinkBuilding Code - Construction and Significant Renovation of Housing Units - Electric Vehicle Parking Spaces

Feldman

Requiring the construction of new multifamily residential buildings with separate garages, carports, or driveways for each residential unit to include certain parking spaces for electric vehicle charging; requiring certain significant renovations of housing units with separate garages, carports, or driveways for each residential unit to include certain parking spaces for electric vehicle recharging; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/28)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Mon 3/4 1:00 PM
Oppose 2
SB 704 (HB 873)LinkAppraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations

Hayes

Expanding eligibility for financial assistance under the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program to include individuals who purchase certain qualified property after a qualified project is completed, at an affordable sales price as determined by certain regulations, and as an owner-occupant.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (3/15)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/29 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 725 (HB 564)LinkReal Property - Residential Leases - Renter's Insurance Requirement

Benson

Requiring a residential lease to include a requirement that a tenant hold a renter's insurance policy; prohibiting a lease from containing certain requirements regarding a renter's insurance policy; and requiring a landlord to acquire a renter's insurance policy on behalf of a tenant if the tenant does not have a policy.
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/15)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 766 (HB 1007)LinkFair Share for Maryland Act of 2024

Hettleman

Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation's income to the State under certain circumstances; altering the State income tax rate on Maryland taxable income of certain individuals; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1)Budget and Taxation
Wed 2/21 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
SB 773 (HB 783)LinkHomeowners Associations - Restriction on Long-Term Rentals - Prohibition

Waldstreicher

Prohibiting the governing documents of a homeowners association from restricting or prohibiting the leasing of property to an individual who is not the lot owner for a period of 6 months or more.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1)Judicial Proceedings
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 779 (HB 826)LinkReal Property - Taxation of Vacant Property, Certification of Company Representatives, and Short-Term Rentals

Lewis Young

Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set a special property tax rate for improved residential property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; establishing a subclass of real property consisting of certain vacant residential property; requiring an entity that owns residential real property in the State to make a certain certification to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1)Budget and Taxation
Wed 2/21 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 835 (HB 992)LinkEnvironment - Delegated Authorities - Well and Septic Program Permits

Hester

Requiring a local health department or county government to which the Department of the Environment has delegated authority to administer a septic and well program to submit by December 1, 2024, a schedule of review times for well and septic program permits for approval; requiring certain entities to submit well and septic program permit data to the Department for review every 3 months after the original schedule submission is approved; and requiring a study on modernizing IT systems and a report of recommendations by December 1 2025.
In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation (3/8)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tue 2/20 1:00 PM
Support 3
SB 869 (HB 640)Property Tax - Improvements on Agricultural Land - Assessment

Guzzone

Clarifying a property owner's right to receive information on the calculation of an assessment; requiring owners of certain buildings to provide certain information to the supervisor of assessments within 90 days after construction of the buildings is completed; creating a subclass of real property consisting of improvements on agricultural land; requiring improvements on agricultural land to be assessed in a certain manner; etc.
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/26)Monitor
SB 885LinkResidential Leases - Termination Due to Medical Conditions - Limitation of Liability for Rent

Folden

Altering the limitation on the liability of a tenant for rent due under a lease due to the tenant's inability to live at the leased premises because of a medical condition to include individuals who will be under the care of a medical professional, professional caregiver, or family member at another location.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/7 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 898 (HB 1039)LinkCondominiums and Homeowners Associations - Resale Contracts - Notice Requirements

Waldstreicher

Establishing that certain required notices in certain resale contracts may be provided to a purchaser's real estate agent; altering certain fees a council of unit owners or a homeowners association or its agent may charge for providing certain disclosures; and altering the time period within which a purchaser may cancel a resale contract when required notices are not provided.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/7 1:00 PM
Support 5
SB 906LinkHousing and Community Development - Conversion of Commercial Buildings for Residential Use - Report

Augustine

Requiring each county and Baltimore City to inventory vacant commercial buildings, develop a plan to convert vacant commercial buildings for residential use, and submit a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development on or before January 1, 2025; requiring each county and Baltimore City to update the report every 2 years; and requiring the Department to establish and maintain a database of vacant commercial buildings in the State that have the potential to be converted for residential use.
In the Senate - Third Reading Passed (44-0) (3/14)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 2/29 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 3
SB 928 (HB 1014)LinkMaryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit

Mautz

Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025; and altering a certain limitation on the amount of the Maryland estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)Budget and Taxation
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 946 (HB 1117)LinkLandlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)

Kelly

Establishing that a landlord that offers a residential dwelling unit for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; clarifying that certain mold hazards constitute dangerous conditions and defects for which a tenant may obtain relief; authorizing certain remedies for a tenant if a landlord breaches the warranty of habitability; providing that a court may order certain relief in civil actions relating to the breach of warranty of habitability, including actual damages, abatement of rent, and lease termination; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/7 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
SB 953 (HB 1224)LinkHousing - Community Development Program Act - Funding

Sydnor

Requiring the Comptroller to distribute $5,000,000 to a certain Community Development Program 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 Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)Budget and Taxation
Wed 2/28 1:00 PM
Support 2
SB 962 (HB 1196)LinkReal Property - Contracts of Sale - Title Report Requirement

Ready

Requiring the seller of any real property to provide a title report to the buyer prior to closing; permitting a buyer to rescind a contract of sale for real property under certain circumstances; and providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/7 1:00 PM
Support/Amend 2
SB 992 (HB 1114)LinkReal Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over

Benson

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 Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 3/7 1:00 PM
Oppose 4
SB 1015 (HB 1227)LinkCondominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage - Detached Units

Charles

Altering the types of elements and units for which a council of unit owners is required to maintain certain property insurance; and limiting instances when an owner of a detached unit within a condominium is required to carry homeowners insurance on the entirety of the unit.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Judicial Proceedings
Thu 2/29 1:00 PM
Support 3
SB 1023 (HB 1279)LinkMaryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2024)

Brooks

Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all water and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels, energy conservation requirements, and an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/28)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Mon 3/4 1:00 PM
Oppose 3
SB 1045 (HB 1449)LinkZoning - Board of Appeals Decisions or Zoning Actions - Judicial Review

Gile

Applying to charter counties and the City of Baltimore certain provisions relating to a request for judicial review of certain decisions of a board of appeals or a zoning action; specifying when a person is aggrieved by a board of appeals decision or a zoning action of a legislative body for purposes of requesting judicial review by a circuit court; authorizing certain corporations, unincorporated associations, and other organizations to file a request for judicial review of a board of appeals decision or a zoning action; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/9)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Thu 3/7 1:00 PM
Oppose 4
SB 1050 (HB 1208)Common Ownership Communities - Reserve Studies - Exemptions

Mautz

Exempting cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, and homeowners associations from conducting reserve studies on the vote of at least two-thirds of the members or owners.
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/4)Oppose 3
SB 1072 (HB 1201)LinkOccupational and Professional Licensing - Military Training and Military Spouses

McKay

Requiring an occupational licensing board to issue a license, certificate, permit, or registration to an applicant who is military trained or who is a military spouse if the applicant meets certain requirements; requiring an occupational licensing board to consider certain types of experience for a certain calculation; and authorizing an occupational licensing board to issue a temporary license, certificate, permit, or registration under certain circumstances.
In the Senate - Hearing 3/01 at 9:00 a.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/13)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Fri 3/1 9:00 AM
Support/Amend 3
SB 1086LinkEnvironment - Environmental Justice Districts - Designation and Requirements

M. Washington

Authorizing a resident of a local jurisdiction or an overburdened and underserved community in the State to submit an application to the Department of the Environment to request the designation of a certain area as an environmental justice district in a certain manner; requiring the Department to publish the application process and criteria used for evaluating an application on or before December 1, 2024; requiring the Department to hold a certain hearing on a certain permit application under certain circumstances; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 1088LinkEnvironment - Public Participation in the Permitting Process - Alterations

M. Washington

Authorizing judicial review of certain environmental permitting and license decisions by the Department of the Environment at the request of certain persons who meet certain federal standing requirements under certain circumstances; requiring a person applying for a certain permit from the Department to request an EJ Score from the Department for the census tract where the applicant is seeking the permit for purposes of including the score in the permit application; etc.
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tue 2/27 1:00 PM
Monitor
SB 1102 (HB 1426)LinkEducation - Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations

President

Authorizing the State Department of Education to award funding for a new Judy Center or Family Support Center for planning and development under a certain circumstance; altering the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and submit an independent evaluation; requiring a nonclassroom teacher who pursues National Board Certification to receive certain funding from the State under certain circumstances; altering requirements for the Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Program; etc.
In the Senate - Third Reading Passed (45-0) (3/18)Education, Energy, and the Environment
Fri 2/23 9:00 AM
Monitor
SB 1126 (HB 924)Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities

King

Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local-option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; etc.
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/9)Monitor
SB 1157 (HB 281)Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts

Carozza

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 from 3 to 5 years 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 - First Reading Senate Rules (2/11)Support 3
SB 1167 (HB 1108)Real Property - Residential Leases - Fee in Lieu of a 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.
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SB 1169 (HB 697)Real Estate Brokers - Commercial Transactions - Buyer's Rights

Hershey

Establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for commercial real estate transactions related to a buyer's right to make certain title, settlement, and escrow selections.
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SB 1170 (HB 940)Local Government - Authorized Uses of Revenues From Development Impact Fees

Hershey

Authorizing the use of revenue from development impact fees to finance the capital costs for replacement, maintenance, or expansion of public works, improvements, or public facilities.
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SB 1173 (HB 1512)Bay Restoration Fund - Use of Funds - Municipal Wastewater Facilities - Sunset Repeal

Mautz

Repealing the termination date for certain provisions of law that expand the authorized uses of the Bay Restoration Fund to include certain costs associated with the connection of a property using an on-site sewage disposal system to a certain existing municipal wastewater facility.
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