---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - Action for Repossession of Nonresidential Property - Service of Process"
description: "Landlord and Tenant - Action for Repossession of Nonresidential Property - Service of Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1329"
citation: "Maryland HB 1329 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Counties", "Landlord and Tenant", "Leases and Rent", "Process Serving", "Real Property", "Rules and Regulations", "Sheriffs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e933bdc1-910d-48b3-976d-88ae8a1d76e2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1329&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "9a19bceae986fae54c1b5403acf9185fa682bce9491491e8720805e58cf939b2"
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 1329 (2018) — Landlord and Tenant - Action for Repossession of Nonresidential Property - Service of Process

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1329f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e933bdc1-910d-48b3-976d-88ae8a1d76e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).