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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)"
+description: "Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 937"
+citation: "Maryland SB 937 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f628c51-256d-4693-9e88-bc7239ae7f94"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0937?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "5412d4fcff5d3a4cfe7f87b700a52137b978ca451ced7f04fe8c3bf816b37345"
+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 937 (2026) — Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_752_sb0937e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0937e.pdf)
+3. **First - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0937f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0937t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **31–13** (pass) · upper
+- FLA Del. Schmidt /223521/1 — **34–101** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **32–10** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **97–36** (pass) · lower
+
+## 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 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m.
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-04-13** Floor Amendment {
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f628c51-256d-4693-9e88-bc7239ae7f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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