Legislation

Title: Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Prohibition on Rent Increases and Sealing of Court Records
Sponsored by: Delegate Hill
Status: In the House - Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Prohibiting a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent because a judgment was entered against the tenant in a failure to pay rent action; requiring the District Court to seal all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding under certain circumstances; requiring the District Court to seal all courts records relating to a failure to pay rent proceeding, on motion by a tenant, under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to publish on its website a certain form; etc.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation Click to view Recorded Media; Judiciary

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Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1008 Session: 2021 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): August 1, 2022, October 1, 2022

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 8/18/2021 Legislative Date 8/18/2021 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/12/2022 Legislative Date 1/12/2022 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation and Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Prohibition on Rent Increases and Sealing of Court Records Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/10/2022 Legislative Date 1/10/2022 Action Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	8/18/2021	8/18/2021	Pre-filed
House	1/12/2022	1/12/2022	First Reading Environment and Transportation and Judiciary
			Text - First - Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Prohibition on Rent Increases and Sealing of Court Records
House	1/10/2022	1/10/2022	Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)

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