---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding"
description: "Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 756"
citation: "Maryland SB 756 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "King", "Rosapepe", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e0edd7a-ed74-495b-b2e2-c4c111e61e3f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0756?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bccb97ee5f9ce30eb95438f5d092b30ab69fccd3a576bb2b3831116ca63ae8b5"
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 SB 756 (2023) — Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_641_sb0756t.pdf)
2. **First - Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0756f.pdf)
3. **Third - Access to Counsel in Evictions - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0756t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-26** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-04** Hearing canceled
- **2023-04-04** Hearing 4/04 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e0edd7a-ed74-495b-b2e2-c4c111e61e3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).