Legislation: batch B — IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-226.md

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real Property - Wrongful Detainer and Distress Actions - Trial by Jury"
+description: "Real Property - Wrongful Detainer and Distress Actions - Trial by Jury"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 226"
+citation: "Maryland SB 226 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Real Property", "Civil Actions and Procedures", "Appeals", "Court of Special Appeals", "District Courts", "Real Property", "Trials"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Norman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb2d84f-1e2b-409d-ba2f-ba3fd319a3a5"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB226&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "6bd83ed9abaaad683ad1240a06d9dd9eccaf8d488c6828eaebecd14b6f1fe00e"
+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 SB 226 (2018) — Real Property - Wrongful Detainer and Distress Actions - Trial by Jury
+
+## 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/sb/sb0226f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Norman — primary (person)
+- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Waugh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-19** Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-12** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-02-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2018-02-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb2d84f-1e2b-409d-ba2f-ba3fd319a3a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+