---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)"
description: "Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 856"
citation: "Maryland SB 856 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c57ff7b2-fb30-4a18-8b05-215561804e18"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0856?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0c6e56a30b273a4e06ec0e2368cb247f400022b79c172c48d1b4a77db2ac2b41"
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 856 (2025) — Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_539_sb0856e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0856e.pdf)
3. **First - Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0856f.pdf)
4. **Third - Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0856t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **40–1** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Schmidt /263828/1 — **38–99** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **103–35** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Adams /843026/1 — **40–98** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings and Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2025-02-12** Hearing canceled (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2025-02-12** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings)
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-07** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c57ff7b2-fb30-4a18-8b05-215561804e18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).