---
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: "SB 691"
citation: "Maryland SB 691 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a62644-e208-49f3-a161-21e56c131336"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0691?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1f793f9cefc33a184729f24f8b7b78bc50c63842187a381283681c40bf3cfb87"
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 691 (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_784_sb0691t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0691f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0691t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **116–20** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **33–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Environment and Transportation
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 784 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74a62644-e208-49f3-a161-21e56c131336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).