---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)"
description: "Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1117"
citation: "Maryland HB 1117 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Allen", "Boyce", "Foley", "Healey", "J. Long", "Lehman", "Love", "Ruth", "Stewart", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/065a34ca-da70-4400-a512-6c72c8a19db3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1117?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bb0f6c53c4ae7c0c12fab6025b259836b2ece9796aea7b107023ded643ac18a2"
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 1117 (2024) — Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_125_hb1117e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1117e.pdf)
3. **First - Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1117f.pdf)
4. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects - Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1117t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **30–11** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /783921/1 — **36–99** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **100–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **103–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted
- **2024-03-16** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-05** Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2024-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/065a34ca-da70-4400-a512-6c72c8a19db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).