HB 52

Real Property - Eviction Actions - Alterations in Actions for Repossession

Sponsor: Melissa Wells (District 40)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Real PropertyStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing that certain procedural notice requirements must be fulfilled prior to the filing of a complaint by a landlord or a landlord's duly qualified agent for the repossession of residential rental property for failure to pay rent; requiring that, before a landlord may file a complaint to repossess property for the failure to pay rent, the landlord deliver certain written notice to a tenant; altering from the fifth to the seventh day following the filing of a complaint that at tenant much appear before the court; etc.

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Testimony (50)

MGA witness list

FAV 36FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 8UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Brauer, Rachel	Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center	Oral
FAV	Sarro, Lisa	Arundel Community Development Services, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Crutchfield, Adria	Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bradford, Mary	Beyond the Boundaries	Written (PDF)
FAV	Klingenmaier, Lisalobbyist	Catholic Charities of Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Page, Christopher	Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County	Oral
FAV	Warren, Cory	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hatfield, Carisa	HPRP	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Romano, Max	Healthcare for the Homeless, Inc.	Oral
FAV	Zeimer, Matanlobbyist	Jews United for Justice (JUFJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shah, Reena	Maryland Access to Justice Commission	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Legal Aid, Maryland	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jefferson , Staceylobbyist	Marylanders Against Poverty	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	NAACP Maryland	Oral
FAV	Jung, Roy	Office of the Attorney General -- Legislative Affairs Unit	Written (PDF)
FAV	Conner, Charleslobbyist	Office of the Baltimore County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ortega, Chelsea	Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Trusty, Robyn	Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic Univ. of Baltimore School of Law	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.	Written (PDF)
FAV	King, John	Strong Future Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Siri, Michellelobbyist	The Delivery of Legal Services Section Council for the MSBA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keraga, Kyle	University of Maryland Carey School of Law - Public Health Law Clinic	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brodsky-Simon, Sarah	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Wells, Delegate Wellslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Dowridge, Detrese	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Landers, Claire	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Merriam, Chris	Individual	Oral
FAV	Shah, Zafar	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Stern, Isadoralobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Taylor, Pernetha	Individual	Oral
FAV	Wilson Randall, Claudia	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Morrisey , Chief Judge John	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
UNF	Howard, Katherinelobbyist	Regional Management, Inc.	Oral
UNF	Bradley, Erinlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Castelli, Williamlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Greenfield, Aaronlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Worsham, Tessa	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Overholser, Leslie	Community Mediation Maryland	Written (PDF)
FWA	Stewart, Joshua	Not Applicable	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Ennis, Michele	Tri Community Mediation	Oral
FWA	Ford, Tracee	Individual	Oral
FWA	Guerin, Toby	Individual	Oral
INFO	Watson, Delegate Ron	AMENDMENT	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AMENDMENTINFO 1

Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution CenterFAV 1

Arundel Community Development Services, Inc.FAV 1

Baltimore Regional Housing PartnershipFAV 1

Beyond the BoundariesFAV 1

Catholic Charities of BaltimoreFAV 1

Community Mediation MarylandFWA 1

Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery CountyFAV 1

Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Healthcare for the Homeless, Inc.FAV 1

HPRPFAV 1

Jews United for Justice (JUFJ)FAV 1

Maryland Access to Justice CommissionFAV 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 2

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Marylanders Against PovertyFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

NAACP MarylandFAV 1

Not ApplicableFWA 1

Office of the Attorney General -- Legislative Affairs UnitFAV 1

Office of the Baltimore County ExecutiveFAV 1

Regional Management, Inc.UNF 1

Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLCFAV 1

Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic Univ. of Baltimore School of LawFAV 1

Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.FAV 1

Strong Future MarylandFAV 1

The Delivery of Legal Services Section Council for the MSBAFAV 1

Tri Community MediationFWA 1

University of Maryland Carey School of Law - Public Health Law ClinicFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKlingenmaier, LisaCatholic Charities of BaltimoreRegistered for: Catholic Charities

FAVZeimer, MatanJews United for Justice (JUFJ)Registered for: Jews United for Justice

FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy

FAVJefferson , StaceyMarylanders Against PovertyRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore

FAVConner, CharlesOffice of the Baltimore County ExecutiveRegistered for: MedStar Health

FAVSiri, MichelleThe Delivery of Legal Services Section Council for the MSBARegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.

FAVStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition

UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association

UNFHoward, KatherineRegional Management, Inc.Registered for: Regional Management Inc

UNFBradley, ErinRegistered for: Planned Parenthood of Maryland

UNFCastelli, WilliamRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company…

UNFGreenfield, 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…