---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions"
description: "Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1553"
citation: "Maryland HB 1553 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Local Laws", "Real Property", "Baltimore City", "Crimes and Punishments", "Eviction", "Landlord and Tenant", "Penalties and Sentences", "Personal Property", "Public Local Laws", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cd25412-7c4e-49ae-87cd-d174585c8d2a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1553&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "56dd56506c37d4950eae7ce38f5a6a82804acf29c010ea8644b449fc2029d828"
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 1553 (2018) — Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions

## 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/hb1553f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {470713/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {108877/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cd25412-7c4e-49ae-87cd-d174585c8d2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).