---
type: "Bill"
title: "Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records"
description: "Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Maryland SB 19 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-12"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e87548ee-418d-4a51-b4b1-36ab75447728"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0019?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "df3904356ad6a0358dfe4fa3cf3db7055a449806ac378403af3e93860a302416"
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 19 (2024) — Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_347_sb0019t.pdf)
2. **First - Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Prohibition on Rent Increases and Shielding of Court Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0019f.pdf)
3. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2024RS-SB0019-REIN.pdf)
4. **Third - Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0019t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **36–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **95–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Environment and Transportation Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e87548ee-418d-4a51-b4b1-36ab75447728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).