---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)"
description: "Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 896"
citation: "Maryland SB 896 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Love"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f7156d7-6234-4467-a909-dd4caadb68c3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0896?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "813dab0bd8ecdfec4bfd5cf737751acf1f1d092f3072dc5a4f436227e16e8c44"
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 896 (2025) — Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_489_sb0896e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0896e.pdf)
3. **First - Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0896f.pdf)
4. **Third - Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0896t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **41–6** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **109–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f7156d7-6234-4467-a909-dd4caadb68c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).