---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - Discrimination in Housing for Income-Based Housing Subsidies and Positive Rental History Reporting"
description: "Landlord and Tenant - Discrimination in Housing for Income-Based Housing Subsidies and Positive Rental History Reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "Maryland HB 315 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e69dfcf-1436-4e67-a32b-4ba7423c6de5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0315?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "be65758a8f72b01b0dff838d01bd46c1aaec4839b2aff8f6abde50334906cc7d"
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 315 (2026) — Landlord and Tenant - Discrimination in Housing for Income-Based Housing Subsidies and Positive Rental History Reporting

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Discrimination in Housing for Income-Based Housing Subsidies and Positive Rental History Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_772_hb0315e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Landlord and Tenant - Discrimination in Housing for Income-Based Housing Subsidies and Positive Rental History Reporting** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0315e.pdf)
3. **First - Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Income-Based Housing Subsidies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0315f.pdf)
4. **Third - Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Income-Based Housing Subsidies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0315t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **98–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **96–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Hearing 2/05 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 Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-09** Third Readings Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 772 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e69dfcf-1436-4e67-a32b-4ba7423c6de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).