---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services"
description: "Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "Maryland SB 171 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-11"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cda0ea04-0eae-469e-beec-9d3482a38ff0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0171?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0c2772570a84aec112a3c1aa461523172aefb08f5e6d4ae70d72086525c302bd"
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 171 (2024) — Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_226_sb0171e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0171e.pdf)
3. **First - Landlord and Tenant – Office of Home Energy Programs – Financial Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0171f.pdf)
4. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0171t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **99–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-11** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cda0ea04-0eae-469e-beec-9d3482a38ff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).