---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports"
description: "Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 861"
citation: "Maryland HB 861 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c16959b5-f2fd-4976-8936-89c42de3d25e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0861?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "705895a0578e7b289b23a105f26a2e687a14b114b43813867b042040a794eef3"
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 861 (2021) — Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_783_hb0861t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0861f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0861t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 783 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c16959b5-f2fd-4976-8936-89c42de3d25e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).