---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent"
description: "Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 93"
citation: "Maryland HB 93 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Boyce", "Foley", "Guyton", "Holmes", "J. Long", "Lehman", "Mireku-North", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-10-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8575981e-d7ea-4285-8b5e-d598a2dd9872"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0093?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5f4a92f514aadead4b31e650bb188ce3c8f729f9f63f306ca64dffb1f824699b"
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 93 (2024) — Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_290_hb0093t.pdf)
2. **First - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0093f.pdf)
3. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0093t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **121–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- J. Long — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-22** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-22** Hearing 1/30 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Motion Special Order until 2/21 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2024-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8575981e-d7ea-4285-8b5e-d598a2dd9872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).