---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Wrongful Detainer and Distress Actions - Trial by Jury"
description: "Real Property - Wrongful Detainer and Distress Actions - Trial by Jury"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Maryland SB 226 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Civil Actions and Procedures", "Appeals", "Court of Special Appeals", "District Courts", "Real Property", "Trials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb2d84f-1e2b-409d-ba2f-ba3fd319a3a5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB226&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "6bd83ed9abaaad683ad1240a06d9dd9eccaf8d488c6828eaebecd14b6f1fe00e"
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 226 (2018) — Real Property - Wrongful Detainer and Distress Actions - Trial by Jury

## 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/sb/sb0226f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Norman — primary (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Waugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Hearing 1/31 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-20** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb2d84f-1e2b-409d-ba2f-ba3fd319a3a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).