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SB 162

EnactedCrossfile HB 93
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Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent

Sponsor: Jeff Waldstreicher (District 18)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Limiting a tenant's liability for rent under a residential lease to not more than 2 months' rent after the date on which the tenant vacates a leased premises if a physician or psychologist completes a form specifying that the tenant has a mental disorder that causes the continued habitation of the leased premises to be unfeasible or unsustainable and requires the tenant to move to a home, facility, or institution to obtain a higher level of care than can be provided at the leased premises and the tenant vacates the leased premises.

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Testimony (28)

MGA witness list
FAV 19FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMoore, TonaeyalobbyistCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDWritten (PDF)
FAVMoore, TonaeyalobbyistCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDWritten (PDF)
FAVMills, MorganlobbyistCompass Government RelationsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMills, MorganlobbyistCompass Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAWritten (PDF)
FAVGallagher, ZoelobbyistEconomic Action MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVLitton, ShannonEducational Testing ServicesPosition only
FAVReynolds-Dominguez, CamilalobbyistFreeState JusticePosition only
FAVO'Day, GarrettlobbyistMaryland Catholic ConferenceWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVKess, NaShonalobbyistMaryland NAACPOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
FAVOrman, JamesPeople on the Go MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDavis, KatherinePro Bono Resource CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVTurner, AlbertRenters United MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Waldstreicher, Senator WaldstreicherlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Waldstreicher, Senator WaldstreicherlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFWashington, RyanlobbyistApartment and Office Building AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
UNFGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNF(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
UNFThompson, ChuckIndividualPosition only
FWAFrey, LeslieMontgomery CountyWritten (PDF)
FWAHoward, KatherinelobbyistRegional Management, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FWAGreenfield, AaronlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAKolp, AndeIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMoore, TonaeyaCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDRegistered for: CASH Campaign of Maryland
FAVMoore, TonaeyaCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDRegistered for: CASH Campaign of Maryland
FAVMills, MorganCompass Government RelationsRegistered for: Alley Cat Allies; CFG Health Network; Coinbase, Inc.; Girl Scouts of Central Maryland; Horizon Foundation of Howard County, Inc., The; Maryland Association for Justice, Inc.
FAVMills, MorganCompass Government RelationsRegistered for: Alley Cat Allies; CFG Health Network; Coinbase, Inc.; Girl Scouts of Central Maryland; Horizon Foundation of Howard County, Inc., The; Maryland Association for Justice, Inc.
FAVGallagher, ZoeEconomic Action MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland
FAVReynolds-Dominguez, CamilaFreeState JusticeRegistered for: FreeState Justice
FAVO'Day, GarrettMaryland Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference
FAVKess, NaShonaMaryland NAACPRegistered for: NAACP Maryland State Conference of Branches
UNFWashington, RyanApartment and Office Building AssociationRegistered for: AOBA; National Apartment Association; Apartment & Office Building Association
UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
FWAHoward, KatherineRegional Management, Inc.Registered for: Regional Management Inc
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