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type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process"
description: "Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Maryland SB 46 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Washington", "Attar", "C. Jackson", "Charles", "Folden", "James", "Jennings", "Lewis Young", "McKay", "Ready", "Salling", "Watson", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-09-20"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63afb859-74d9-45a5-9359-8b89e95259b1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0046?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bd01da5d21b4332974a74bf3c199d5fdc33e6a53bdef5db6a2dd35fef46499cf"
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 46 (2025) — Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_188_sb0046e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0046e.pdf)
3. **First - Criminal Law - Fraud - Possession of Residential Real Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0046f.pdf)
4. **Third - Real Property - Wrongful Detainer Actions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0046t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **1380** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **441** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **1360** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **430** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- A. Washington — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- C. Jackson — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Folden — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- McKay — primary (person)
- Ready — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-09-20** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/21 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator A. Washington) Adopted
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Salling) Adopted
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Attar) Adopted
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Jennings) Adopted
- **2025-03-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2025-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, McKay and Charles)
- **2025-04-03** Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
- **2025-04-03** Senate Requests House Recede
- **2025-04-03** Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, McKay and Charles)
- **2025-04-03** House Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-03** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Williams, Phillips and Schmidt)
- **2025-04-03** House Refuses Recede
- **2025-04-03** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Williams, Phillips and Schmidt)
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Conference Committee Report {
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 188 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63afb859-74d9-45a5-9359-8b89e95259b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).