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type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent"
description: "Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Maryland SB 162 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldstreicher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/352053d6-9faf-48f5-b1e0-6a4dde903d0e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0162?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "807afa020deb42d5edd2211ba402dd0ad3d0a72504ee774fd7a03fda0e520566"
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 162 (2024) — Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_289_sb0162t.pdf)
2. **First - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0162f.pdf)
3. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0162t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **11423** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Waldstreicher — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-10-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/352053d6-9faf-48f5-b1e0-6a4dde903d0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).