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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)"
+description: "Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 896"
+citation: "Maryland SB 896 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Love"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f7156d7-6234-4467-a909-dd4caadb68c3"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0896?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "813dab0bd8ecdfec4bfd5cf737751acf1f1d092f3072dc5a4f436227e16e8c44"
+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 896 (2025) — Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_489_sb0896e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0896e.pdf)
+3. **First - Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0896f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0896t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **41–6** (pass) · upper
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–1** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **109–27** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Love — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f7156d7-6234-4467-a909-dd4caadb68c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+