SB 651

Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)

Sponsor: C. Anthony Muse (District 26)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a county to enact, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 107FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 8Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Arikat, Loraine	1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East	Written (PDF)
FAV	Michaels, Charles	Beyond the Boundaries	Written (PDF)
FAV	Coronado Flores, Jose	CASA	Position only
FAV	Keys, Rachael	CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND	Written (PDF)
FAV	DuBois, Gwen	Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility	Written (PDF)
FAV	Searcy, Talisha	City of Takoma Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Duvall, Jessamine	Columbia Housing Center, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson Randall, Claudia	Community Development Network of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sarro, Lisa	Community Legal Services	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schniderman, Saul	Community Vision for Takoma	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilpone-Welborn, Kira	Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cook, Chuck	Department of Housing and Community Development	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Miller, Sara	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gallagher, Zoelobbyist	Economic Action Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chestnut, Tonia	Enclave Tenant Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bondi, Melissa	Enterprise Community Partners	Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Duvall, Jessamine	Howard County Housing Affordability Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hall, Courtney	Interfaith Works	Written (PDF)
FAV	Evans, Allison	JUFJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rives, Kelli	Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lampel, Anita	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Weissman, Louise	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zeimer, Matanlobbyist	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Agarin, Ufuoma	Legislative Black Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Porter, Kathy	Long Branch Housing Action Team	Written (PDF)
FAV	SMITH, CARL	MARYLAND POOR POEPLES COMPAIGN	Position only
FAV	Butchko, Dominic	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zelaya, Michellelobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kelter, Chris	Maryland Centers for Independent Living	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wenger, Katie	Maryland Just Power Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shah, Zafar	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lyons Wooten, JoAnne	Maryland Poor People's Campaign	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kennedy, Thomas	Maryland Poor Peoples Campaign	Written (PDF)
FAV	Snyder, Co-Chair, Abby	Marylanders Against Poverty	Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frey, Leslie	Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Losak, Matthew	Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Koravos, JoAnne	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	English, Michael	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jacobs, Robin	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wheaton, David	NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund	Written (PDF)
FAV	Proctor, Karessa	NASW Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Butler, TJ	NIA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Vaughn, Douglas	Poor People’s Campaign	Written (PDF)
FAV	Desrouleaux, Sasha	Prince George's County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Puentes, Ericalobbyist	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williamson, Sam	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Somashekhar, Sheila	Purple Line Corridor Coalition, National Center for Smart Growth at UMD	Written (PDF)
FAV	McDaniel, Mikkyo	Resident of District 43B	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blaha, Katherine	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muse, C. Anthony	Senator Muse	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rodriguez, Anthony	Shore Legal Access	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Theresa M.	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastFAV 1

Beyond the BoundariesFAV 1

CASAFAV 1

CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDFAV 1

Chesapeake Physicians for Social ResponsibilityFAV 1

City of RockvilleFWA 1

City of Takoma ParkFAV 1

Columbia Housing Center, Inc.FAV 1

Community Development Network of MarylandFAV 1

Community Legal ServicesFAV 1

Community Vision for TakomaFAV 1

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

Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentFAV 1

Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1

Economic Action MarylandFAV 1

Enclave Tenant AssociationFAV 1

Enterprise Community PartnersFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Howard County Housing Affordability CoalitionFAV 1

Interfaith WorksFAV 1

Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard CountyFAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 3

JUFJFAV 1

Legislative Black CaucusFAV 1

Long Branch Housing Action TeamFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FAV 1

Maryland Building Industry AssocUNF 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland Centers for Independent LivingFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Just Power AllianceFAV 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Poor People's CampaignFAV 1

Maryland Poor Peoples CampaignFAV 1

MARYLAND POOR POEPLES COMPAIGNFAV 1

Marylanders Against PovertyFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

Montgomery CountyFAV 1

Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.FAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

N/AFAV 2

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational FundFAV 1

NASW MarylandFAV 1

NIAFAV 1

Poor People’s CampaignFAV 1

Prince George's County GovernmentFAV 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 1

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

Purple Line Corridor Coalition, National Center for Smart Growth at UMDFAV 1

Resident of District 43BFAV 1

Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCUNF 1

Senator MuseFAV 1

Shore Legal AccessFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

Social Work Advocates for Social ChangeFAV 1

Spring Parc Tenants CommitteeFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 3

The Horizon FoundationFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

University of MinnesotaFAV 1

Vaping Awareness Public Education SocietyFWA 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGallagher, ZoeEconomic Action MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland

FAVZeimer, MatanJews United for JusticeRegistered for: Jews United for Justice

FAVZelaya, MichelleMaryland Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference

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

FAVPuentes, EricaProgressive MarylandRegistered for: Progressive Maryland

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

UNFCastelli, WilliamRifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCRegistered 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…

UNFAnleu, BrianRegistered for: AOBA; Apartment & Office Building Association; National Apartment Association

UNFBagwell, AshlieRegistered for: AbbVie Inc.; Aligned Data Centers; American Academy of Anesthesiology Assistants, Inc.; Atmosphere Data Centers LLC; Baltimore Civic Fund, Inc.; Beltway Fine Wine…

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…