New Maryland Laws taking effect this year

[Tim Miller]

New Maryland laws are going into effect this year. More investors/landlords need to get involved to help to either defeat or modify these bills in our favor. Otherwise the state, counties and local towns / cities will do whatever they want.

Below is a list of the new laws and a list of bills that we help to defeat. But make no mistake, some of these defeated bills will be re-introduced in 2024. 

Bills that pass and are now law in Maryland:

SB 756/HB1050-Access to Counsel in Evictions – Funding – This 1 is going to hurt your wallet!

HB 36/SB 100 Real Property - Actions to Repossess - Proof of Rental Licensure

HB 102/ SB 279-Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections

HB 151-Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases

SB 848/HB 826-Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program – Establishment

HB 830/ SB 477-Residential Construction - Electric Vehicle Charging

HB 976-Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation

SB 746/HB23 - Mobile and Manufactured Homes - Relocation Plans and Sales of Communities (Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2023)

Count your blessings that these bills did not pass! A number of them will be re-introduced in next year’s legislative session.

SB 47-Evidence - Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Fair Housing Testing

HB 34-Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Prohibition on Rent Increases and Shielding of Court Records

HB 303/SB 757-Baltimore City - Air Conditioning in Residential Rental Units

HB 166-Workgroup to Study Community Association Standing in Nuisance Actions in Baltimore County

HB 211-Rental Housing Fund, Calculation of Taxable Income, and Transfer Tax - Alterations (Affordable

Housing Investment Act)

HB 315/ SB 817-Multifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies

HB 577-Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Reentry-Into-Society Status

HB 684/SB 504-Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Just Cause

Termination Provisions

HB 691/SB 807-Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant

Remedies (Tenant Safety Act)

HB 757/SB 919-Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease

HB 882/SB 770-Landlord and Tenant - Holding Over - Landlord Restrictions and Tenant Remedies

HB 972-Landlord and Tenant - Rent Escrow - Mold in Residential Dwelling Units

HB 1016-Real Property - Residential Lease - Early Termination by Tenant

HB 1023-Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and

Tenant Holding Over

HB 1163/SB 964-Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Criminal Records