---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024"
description: "Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 693"
citation: "Maryland HB 693 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a0c1c60-7824-4a3e-90b5-72747652ed81"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0693?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "819e2fcf25f2037b64e48c1d3508a03b950561f8e2eb21d8096e093cce57f668"
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 693 (2024) — Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_124_hb0693e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0693e.pdf)
3. **First - Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0693f.pdf)
4. **Third - Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0693t.pdf)

## Votes

- Floor Amendment Ready /953229/1 — **15–26** (fail) · upper
- FLA Del. Buckel /743925/1 — **38–90** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /953528/1 — **36–88** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Arentz /653122/1 — **32–92** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Rose /993524/1 — **35–88** (fail) · lower
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /143823/1 — **33–90** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **35–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **92–41** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **94–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2024-03-21** Hearing canceled (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2024-03-22** Hearing canceled (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2024-03-25** Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-05** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2024-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a0c1c60-7824-4a3e-90b5-72747652ed81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).