---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases"
description: "Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 151"
citation: "Maryland HB 151 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wells"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/211f3a9d-46e3-4d7a-a89f-5b89c26aab7b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0151?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "981711afea569ba8fe53f47c081717619499a4dea5417acd7f028d7374cada57"
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 151 (2023) — Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_146_hb0151t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0151f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Residential Leases - Notification of Rent Increases** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0151t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Wells — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 146 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/211f3a9d-46e3-4d7a-a89f-5b89c26aab7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).