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Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Lead Risk Reduction Compliance

Sponsor: Samuel I. Rosenberg (District 41)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring an action for repossession for failure to pay rent to contain certain statements on whether the property is registered or licensed under local law and is an affected property under certain lead-based paint abatement laws; authorizing a court to adjourn a certain trial to enable either party to obtain documents or certain other proof under certain circumstances; repealing a certain prohibition against raising as an issue of fact a landlord's compliance with certain lead-based paint abatement laws; etc.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVJefferson , StaceylobbyistBehavioral Health System BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVCarrington, DarrellCarrington & Associates, LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVStraughn, KarenConsumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FAVNorton, Ruth AnnGreen & Healthy Homes InitiativeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVStewart, WesleyGreen & Healthy Homes InitiativeOral
FAVWabeke, KarenHomeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVRosenberg, SamuelHouse of DelegatesWritten (PDF)
FAVSchumitz, KalilobbyistMaryland Center on Economic PolicyWritten (PDF)
FAVKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Written (PDF)
FAVDavis, AnnaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Rosenberg, Delegate RosenberglegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVShah, ZafarIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVStern, IsadoralobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOabbott, tylerMDEWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJefferson , StaceyBehavioral Health System BaltimoreRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore
FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy
FAVStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
FWAGreenfield, AaronRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake