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type: "Bill"
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title: "Access to Counsel in Evictions - Task Force and Special Fund"
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description: "Access to Counsel in Evictions - Task Force and Special Fund"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 154"
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citation: "Maryland SB 154 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "Hettleman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-10-30"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4388868e-e9a0-402b-8f52-9bd63caf9472"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0154?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "4ceb360dc6dd0d80f136f885a8e151bb9801c5126fce356fbafe0f2b00688a3f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 154 (2025) — Access to Counsel in Evictions - Task Force and Special Fund
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Access to Counsel in Evictions - Task Force and Special Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_457_sb0154t.pdf)
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2. **First - Access to Counsel in Evictions – Task Force Termination and Special Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0154f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Access to Counsel in Evictions - Task Force and Special Fund** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0154t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **99–40** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Guzzone — primary (person)
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- Hettleman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08** Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m. (Budget and Taxation)
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- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-18** Referred Appropriations Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
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- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled (Appropriations)
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- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 2:30 p.m. (Appropriations)
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- **2025-04-07** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
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- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4388868e-e9a0-402b-8f52-9bd63caf9472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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