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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Residential Leases - Lease Option Agreements - Required Statements"
+description: "Residential Leases - Lease Option Agreements - Required Statements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1257"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1257 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Real Property", "Contracts", "Housing", "Landlord and Tenant", "Leases and Rent", "Notices", "Real Property", "Signatures"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rosenberg"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-09"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/898e48a3-5040-4f7f-bf69-e4bc0a40bb48"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1257&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "d6fd86a3e44808479ed9b91d09fc056a7d79ad15ab73481beea84464ccb5ddb0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1257 (2018) — Residential Leases - Lease Option Agreements - Required Statements
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1257f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **32–12** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {890318/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (32-12) `passage`
+- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 787 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/898e48a3-5040-4f7f-bf69-e4bc0a40bb48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+