---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act"
description: "Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1218"
citation: "Maryland HB 1218 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/318df837-2141-4959-8324-310818c55837"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1218?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "34f4105941f28de681ed42fadfaa96b3f0f2e60435e38136fcb60eac1c61f1c9"
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 1218 (2026) — Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_632_hb1218t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Housing and Community Development - Severe Health and Safety Risk Properties - Intervention Plan** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1218f.pdf)
3. **Third - Safe and Healthy Homes for All Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1218t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-03** Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Arikan) Adopted
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/318df837-2141-4959-8324-310818c55837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).