---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal"
description: "Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 872"
citation: "Maryland HB 872 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/645302d7-368c-4b8f-86bc-e127f08d57a2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0872?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "93ec550ef6c26f86c1169e3b9dc65c17702d74ed31f3467114b2bf3b8647e4a4"
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 872 (2025) — Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_524_hb0872t.pdf)
2. **First - Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0872f.pdf)
3. **Third - Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0872t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **104–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-02-24** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Motion Special Order until 02/26 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2025-02-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2025-02-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/645302d7-368c-4b8f-86bc-e127f08d57a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).