---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)"
description: "Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 823"
citation: "Maryland HB 823 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Boyce", "Charkoudian", "Foley", "Guyton", "J. Long", "Jacobs", "Lehman", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "T. Morgan", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0a8e4a2-13b1-49cb-b992-fd45c29a0a27"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0823?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9f4627d397f7da24b851c8e4247d9d52ed2a33563f78e5a645857803804d2ee8"
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 823 (2024) — Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_744_hb0823t.pdf)
2. **First - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0823f.pdf)
3. **Third - Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0823t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Environment and Transportation and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0a8e4a2-13b1-49cb-b992-fd45c29a0a27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).