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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)"
+description: "Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 823"
+citation: "Maryland HB 823 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Foley", "Guyton", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Lehman", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0a8e4a2-13b1-49cb-b992-fd45c29a0a27"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0823?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "9f4627d397f7da24b851c8e4247d9d52ed2a33563f78e5a645857803804d2ee8"
+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 823 (2024) — Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_744_hb0823t.pdf)
+2. **First - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0823f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0823t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addison — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Charkoudian — primary (person)
+- Foley — primary (person)
+- Guyton — primary (person)
+- J. Long — primary (person)
+- Jacobs — primary (person)
+- Lehman — primary (person)
+- Ruth — primary (person)
+- Stein — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Terrasa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
+- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
+- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
+- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0a8e4a2-13b1-49cb-b992-fd45c29a0a27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+