---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Utilities - Termination of Service to Multifamily Dwelling Unit - Notification to Property Owner or Property Manager"
description: "Public Utilities - Termination of Service to Multifamily Dwelling Unit - Notification to Property Owner or Property Manager"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Maryland HB 261 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility Regulation", "Apartments", "Condominiums", "Consumer Protection", "Housing", "Notices", "Public Service Commission", "Real Property", "Rules and Regulations", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d056a81e-91be-4c3b-8e49-c49b0e4adde2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB261&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "e5fbfec9a6726ba24bd6c79322eec801cbdede3abdb0db06047ad48d10239e74"
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 HB 261 (2017) — Public Utilities - Termination of Service to Multifamily Dwelling Unit - Notification to Property Owner or Property Manager

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0261f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Knotts — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Favorable with Amendments {183294/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-16** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {427877/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 534 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d056a81e-91be-4c3b-8e49-c49b0e4adde2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).