Legislation
- Title
- Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024
- Sponsored by
- The Speaker (By Request - Departmental - Housing and Community Development) and Delegates Allen, Amprey, Bhandari, Boafo, Boyce, Conaway, Ebersole, Embry, Fennell, Foley, Grossman, Guzzone, Harris, Henson, Hill, Ivey, Jackson, D. Jones, Kaufman, J. Long, McCaskill, Palakovich Carr, Pasteur, Patterson, Phillips, Pruski, Roberson, Rogers, Ruff, Ruth, Simmons, Simpson, Solomon, Stewart, Taveras, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, Watson, White Holland, Williams, Addison, Davis, Healey, Holmes, Lehman, Love, and Terrasa
- Status
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)
Synopsis
Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights; requiring the most recently published version of the Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights to be included as part of a residential lease; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Committees
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Details
Cross-filed with: SB0481
Bill File Type: Regular
Effective Date(s): October 1, 2024, October 1, 2025
By Request of the Governor
Contingency - on a contingency described in Sec. 5 of the bill
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4-2901, 4-2906, 5-101 through 5-104 )
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14-133, 8-119, 8-203, 8-208, 8-401 )
Last Updated: 5/7/2024 2:17 PM