---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord-Tenant - Nonrenewal of Lease - Notice Requirements"
description: "Landlord-Tenant - Nonrenewal of Lease - Notice Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "Maryland SB 401 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f9d1865-6b51-42c2-8f8d-049d7513d2f0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0401?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8d9070a3582f80ecb434a226d036811f00a4d21dbe3912db4cac802e3fb40bcf"
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 401 (2021) — Landlord-Tenant - Nonrenewal of Lease - Notice Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Landlord-Tenant - Nonrenewal of Lease - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_803_sb0401e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Landlord-Tenant - Nonrenewal of Lease - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0401e.pdf)
3. **First - Landlord-Tenant - Nonrenewal of Lease - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0401f.pdf)
4. **Third - Landlord-Tenant - Nonrenewal of Lease - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0401t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to limit debate — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **30–15** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **94–44** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **30–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Carter) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 803 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f9d1865-6b51-42c2-8f8d-049d7513d2f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).