---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Leases - Lease Option Agreements - Required Statements"
description: "Residential Leases - Lease Option Agreements - Required Statements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "Maryland HB 1257 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Contracts", "Housing", "Landlord and Tenant", "Leases and Rent", "Notices", "Real Property", "Signatures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosenberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/898e48a3-5040-4f7f-bf69-e4bc0a40bb48"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1257&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "d6fd86a3e44808479ed9b91d09fc056a7d79ad15ab73481beea84464ccb5ddb0"
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 1257 (2018) — Residential Leases - Lease Option Agreements - Required Statements

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1257f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **32–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rosenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {890318/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (32-12) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 787 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/898e48a3-5040-4f7f-bf69-e4bc0a40bb48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).