republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-1553.md

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Bill	Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions	Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 1553	Maryland HB 1553 (2018)	bill	Counties - Local Laws Real Property Baltimore City Crimes and Punishments Eviction Landlord and Tenant Penalties and Sentences Personal Property Public Local Laws Utilities	enacted	Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)	1	15	3	2018-02-09	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2cd25412-7c4e-49ae-87cd-d174585c8d2a	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1553&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	56dd56506c37d4950eae7ce38f5a6a82804acf29c010ea8644b449fc2029d828	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1553 (2018) — Baltimore City - Landlord and Tenant - False Representations and Unlawful Evictions

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 137–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 137–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anderson (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-09 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-02-26 Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-17 Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-17 Favorable with Amendments {470713/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-17 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (137-0) passage
• 2018-03-19 First Reading Judicial Proceedings referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Favorable with Amendments {108877/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-04 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) passage
• 2018-04-05 House Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2018-04-05 Third Reading Passed (137-0) passage
• 2018-04-05 Passed Enrolled
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cd25412-7c4e-49ae-87cd-d174585c8d2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).