---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Registration of Affected Property"
description: "Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Registration of Affected Property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Maryland HB 174 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lehman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-09-16"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a872f649-33e6-4b18-8b3c-247de659136b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0174?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "de2a87e16c900fcea3386fd34659f7e481752a9ecc9143278d8fd8ae434a8cfe"
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 174 (2022) — Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Registration of Affected Property

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Registration of Affected Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_729_hb0174e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Registration of Affected Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0174e.pdf)
3. **First - Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Registration and License Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0174f.pdf)
4. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Repossession for Failure to Pay Rent - Registration and License Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0174t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **94–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–14** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **91–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lehman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Hearing 1/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 729 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a872f649-33e6-4b18-8b3c-247de659136b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).