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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent"
+description: "Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 162"
+citation: "Maryland SB 162 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-10-18"
+last_action: "2024-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/352053d6-9faf-48f5-b1e0-6a4dde903d0e"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0162?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "807afa020deb42d5edd2211ba402dd0ad3d0a72504ee774fd7a03fda0e520566"
+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 162 (2024) — Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_289_sb0162t.pdf)
+2. **First - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0162f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0162t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **114–23** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-10-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/352053d6-9faf-48f5-b1e0-6a4dde903d0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+