---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions"
description: "Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 826"
citation: "Maryland SB 826 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Real Property", "Baltimore City", "Crimes and Punishments", "Eviction", "Landlord and Tenant", "Penalties and Sentences", "Personal Property", "Public Local Laws", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9601b8a-75f3-4fb3-9753-e32518cc9da4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB826&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "56ed456f88b7c80c5adf42f1890e84924ab1f762f597c4321caddf225ee90e29"
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 826 (2018) — Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions

## 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/sb0826f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {598877/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-16** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 638 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9601b8a-75f3-4fb3-9753-e32518cc9da4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).