---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition"
description: "Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 872"
citation: "Maryland SB 872 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Washington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb13ed9-1ae5-4415-9066-11aa3071d645"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0872?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "6525565c5d248650baabde38519074afbcc7c3553e2b28d3f9e8f05f58ce0b18"
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 872 (2026) — Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_225_sb0872t.pdf)
2. **First - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0872f.pdf)
3. **Third - Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0872t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 225 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccb13ed9-1ae5-4415-9066-11aa3071d645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).