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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real Property - Access to Counsel in Evictions Program - Expansion"
+description: "Real Property - Access to Counsel in Evictions Program - Expansion"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 729"
+citation: "Maryland SB 729 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fecab2f-f8cf-46c6-8767-d010fe21cd0d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0729?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "afcf64b2cc008c36216356fe312f93b8ac8c12e902213d432bfc4c9685d5afde"
+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 729 (2026) — Real Property - Access to Counsel in Evictions Program - Expansion
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Real Property - Access to Counsel in Evictions Program - Expansion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_754_sb0729t.pdf)
+2. **First - Real Property - Access to Counsel in Evictions Program and Mobile Home Parks** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0729f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Real Property - Access to Counsel in Evictions Program - Expansion** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0729t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **101–35** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Henson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-21** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fecab2f-f8cf-46c6-8767-d010fe21cd0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+