SB 910

Did not advanceEmergency billCrossfile HB 1312

COVID-19 Eviction and Housing Relief Act of 2021

Sponsor: William C. Smith, Jr. (District 20)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the Maryland Judiciary and local sheriffs and constables, to collect, maintain, and provide certain access to certain information on eviction actions; requiring certain information be reported to the Department monthly; requiring certain local sheriffs and constables to provide at least 48 hours notice before executing a warrant; prohibiting a landlord from filing a complaint if a tenant owes less than $600 of unpaid rent; etc.

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Testimony (46)

MGA witness list

FAV 37FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Sarro, Lisa	Arundel Community Development Services, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bradford, Mary	Beyond the Boundaries	Written (PDF)
FAV	Riedel, Jonathan	CASA	Oral
FAV	Klingenmaier, Lisalobbyist	Catholic Charities of Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilpone-Welborn, Kira	Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lloyd, Rianna	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kronser, Lori	Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability	Written (PDF)
FAV	Countess, Greg	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral
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	Losak, Matthew	Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	NAACP Maryland	Position only
FAV	Brown, Kerianne	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Esposito, Lindsay	SURJ - Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chan, Sam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fertig, Benjamin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Girdner, Linnie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lent, Michael	Individual	Position only
FAV	Pereschuk, Alicia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rehr, Nathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rochkind, Jonathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rodriguez, Karla	Individual	Oral
FAV	Rosenthal, Anne	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schmitz, Martha	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seel, Brian	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Smith, Senator Smithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Shah, Zafar	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Shillenn, Rebecca	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Todd, Tamara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Francis, Frannlobbyist	Apartment and Office Building Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Enten, Robert	Maryland Building Industry Assoc	Oral
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Howard, Katherinelobbyist	Regional Management, Inc.	Oral
UNF	McLaughlin, Darlyn	Self Employed Attorney	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Greenfield, Aaronlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Sanderson, Michael	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Written (PDF)
FWA	Dalrymple, Ann	Not Employed	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Apartment and Office Building AssociationUNF 1

Arundel Community Development Services, Inc.FAV 1

Beyond the BoundariesFAV 1

CASAFAV 1

Catholic Charities of BaltimoreFAV 1

Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FWA 1

Maryland Building Industry AssocUNF 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police AccountabilityFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 2

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Marylanders Against PovertyFAV 1

Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.FAV 1

N/AFAV 1

NAACP MarylandFAV 1

Not EmployedFWA 1

Regional Management, Inc.UNF 1

Self Employed AttorneyUNF 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ - BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 3

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKlingenmaier, LisaCatholic Charities of BaltimoreRegistered for: Catholic Charities

FAVJefferson , StaceyMarylanders Against PovertyRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore

UNFFrancis, FrannApartment and Office Building AssociationRegistered for: Apartment & Office Building Association; AOBA

UNFMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…

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

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…