---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians"
description: "Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 149"
citation: "Maryland HB 149 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-10-31"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eed0b0e-92db-4838-a5e3-76ece97640b5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0149?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "53c0e9c7004475622d632a91cf10e53f2fdeea0a8aac80fdd5696e8f058b8b88"
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 149 (2026) — Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_422_hb0149e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0149e.pdf)
3. **First - Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0149f.pdf)
4. **Third - Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0149t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **127–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **126–6** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Reassigned to Economic Matters
- **2026-01-28** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eed0b0e-92db-4838-a5e3-76ece97640b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).