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/2021/hb-18.md

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Landlord and Tenant – Residential Tenants – Access to Counsel"
+description: "Landlord and Tenant – Residential Tenants – Access to Counsel"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 18"
+citation: "Maryland HB 18 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rosenberg", "Stewart", "W. Fisher", "Wilkins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-10-30"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2dd2c1f-cb60-4592-9bb5-af3644bf3368"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0018?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "00a6ba54e6c35e7b77d5050261254a117314f47cf47c05461ce9f68ffbe7995b"
+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 18 (2021) — Landlord and Tenant – Residential Tenants – Access to Counsel
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant – Residential Tenants – Access to Counsel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_746_hb0018e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Tenants - Right to Counsel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0018e.pdf)
+3. **First - Landlord and Tenant – Eviction Action – Right to Counsel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0018f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Tenants - Right to Counsel** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0018t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLA Del. Morgan /393322/1 — **44–88** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Chisholm /403922/1 — **35–88** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Buckel /883227/1 — **46–86** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **30–15** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **95–42** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **94–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rosenberg — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- W. Fisher — primary (person)
+- Wilkins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-26** Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
+- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-18** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Lierman) Adopted
+- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2021-04-12** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Pena-Melnyk) Adopted
+- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 746 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2dd2c1f-cb60-4592-9bb5-af3644bf3368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+