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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)"
+description: "Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 856"
+citation: "Maryland SB 856 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c57ff7b2-fb30-4a18-8b05-215561804e18"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0856?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "0c6e56a30b273a4e06ec0e2368cb247f400022b79c172c48d1b4a77db2ac2b41"
+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 856 (2025) — Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_539_sb0856e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0856e.pdf)
+3. **First - Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0856f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0856t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–1** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Schmidt /263828/1 — **38–99** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **103–35** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Adams /843026/1 — **40–98** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Henson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
+- **2025-02-12** Hearing canceled (Judicial Proceedings)
+- **2025-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c57ff7b2-fb30-4a18-8b05-215561804e18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+