Requiring a landlord to make a certain disclosure to prospective tenants if the landlord uses a ratio utility billing system; requiring that a certain lease provision is unenforceable if a landlord fails to make a certain disclosure; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with information to document a bill for certain utilities; providing that a tenant organization has the right of free assembly in certain areas within an apartment facility during reasonable hours and on reasonable notice to the landlord; etc.
Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Tenant Rights and Protections (Tenant Protection Act)
Requiring a landlord to make a certain disclosure to prospective tenants if the landlord uses a ratio utility billing system; requiring that a certain lease provision is unenforceable if a landlord fails to make a certain disclosure; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with information to document a bill for certain utilities; providing that a tenant organization has the right of free assembly in certain areas within an apartment facility during reasonable hours and on reasonable notice to the landlord; etc.
Status
Bill Text
Date | Bill Type | Click here for Bill Details (PDF) |
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2020-03-15 | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0744t.pdf | |
2020-01-31 | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0744f.pdf |
Votes
Date | Action | Vote | Document |
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2020-03-15 | Third Reading Passed | Yea: 131 No: 0 Other: 8 | Document |
Amendments
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Bill History
Date | Action |
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2020-03-16 | Referred Judicial Proceedings |
2020-03-15 | Third Reading Passed (131-0) |
2020-03-14 | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
2020-03-14 | Favorable with Amendments {390019/1 Adopted |
2020-03-14 | Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation |
2020-02-03 | Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
2020-01-31 | First Reading Environment and Transportation |
Sponsors
Name | District |
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Vaughn Stewart | HD-019 |
Regina Boyce | HD-043 |
Erek Barron | HD-024 |
Alfred Carr | HD-018 |
David Moon | HD-020 |
Julie Palakovich Carr | HD-017 |
Emily Shetty | HD-018 |
Jheanelle Wilkins | HD-020 |