---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Tenant Rights and Protections (Tenant Protection Act of 2022)"
description: "Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Tenant Rights and Protections (Tenant Protection Act of 2022)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Maryland SB 6 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-14"
last_action: "2022-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85732fbd-1b57-4869-8aac-da7148cd3748"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0006?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2522be48c6a26505b76c3fcd30a489356cc5d142b8996b123c44df4e708a46aa"
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 6 (2022) — Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Tenant Rights and Protections (Tenant Protection Act of 2022)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Tenant Rights and Protections (Tenant Protection Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_34_sb0006t.pdf)
2. **First - Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Tenant Rights and Protections (Tenant Protection Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0006f.pdf)
3. **Third - Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases – Tenant Rights and Protections (Tenant Protection Act of 2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0006t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **107–28** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldstreicher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Motion Laid Over (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- **2022-03-18** Substitute Committee Amendment {
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 34 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85732fbd-1b57-4869-8aac-da7148cd3748`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).