Legislation - SB0154

Title: Access to Counsel in Evictions – Task Force Termination and Special Fund
Sponsored by: Senators Hettleman and Guzzone
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m. (Budget and Taxation)
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Making permanent distributions by the Comptroller from funds gained from abandoned property in the State to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; terminating the Access to Counsel in Evictions Task Force on January 31, 2026; and making permanent an annual $14,000,000 appropriation by the Governor from the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation.

Committees

Original:: Budget and Taxation; Judicial Proceedings

Details

Cross-filed with: HB0103

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025, January 31, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 10/30/2024 Legislative Date 10/30/2024 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/08/2025 Legislative Date 1/08/2025 Action First Reading Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Access to Counsel in Evictions – Task Force Termination and Special Fund Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/08/2025 Legislative Date 1/08/2025 Action Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m. (Budget and Taxation) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	10/30/2024	10/30/2024	Pre-filed
Senate	1/08/2025	1/08/2025	First Reading Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings
			Text - First - Access to Counsel in Evictions – Task Force Termination and Special Fund
Senate	1/08/2025	1/08/2025	Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m. (Budget and Taxation)

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