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Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Registration and License Information

Sponsor: Delegate AttarCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Counties - Local LawsStatus: Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a landlord, or a landlord's duly authorized agent, at the time of filing a certain complaint in an action for repossession for failure to pay rent to submit documents demonstrating a property, is in compliance with certain local license requirements and certain lead-based paint abatement laws; specifying that a provisional or temporary license is insufficient to satisfy certain filing requirements; providing that a landlord has the burden of proving that a property is in compliance with certain requirements; etc.

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Testimony (24)

MGA witness list
FAV 16FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWilpone-Welborn, KiraConsumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FAVWilpone-Welborn, KiraConsumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FAVStewart, WesleyGreen & Healthy Homes InitiativeWritten (PDF)
FAVWabeke, KarenHomeless Persons Representation Project, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVPlaut, ArilobbyistLaw Offices of Boston PlautPosition only
FAVLegal Aid, MarylandMaryland Legal AidOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMehu, NatashalobbyistMayor's Office of Government RelationsOral
FAVMehu, NatashalobbyistMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVMehu, NatashalobbyistMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVLosak, MatthewMontgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVCogen, SamIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Attar, Delegate AttarlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Attar, Delegate AttarlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVShah, ZafarIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVStern, IsadoralobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFKane, ThomasKFI PropertiesWritten (PDF)
UNFGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWANorton, Ruth AnnGreen & Healthy Homes InitiativeOral + Written (PDF)
FWAStewart, WesleyGreen & Healthy Homes InitiativeOral + Written (PDF)
FWASchumitz, KalilobbyistMaryland Center on Economic PolicyWritten (PDF)
FWAGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAShah, ZafarIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAStern, IsadoralobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVPlaut, AriLaw Offices of Boston PlautRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC
FAVMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.
FAVMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.
FAVMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.
FAVGreenfield, 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
FAVStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
FWASchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy
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
FWAStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition