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type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)"
description: "Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 937"
citation: "Maryland SB 937 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f628c51-256d-4693-9e88-bc7239ae7f94"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0937?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5412d4fcff5d3a4cfe7f87b700a52137b978ca451ced7f04fe8c3bf816b37345"
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 937 (2026) — Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_752_sb0937e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0937e.pdf)
3. **First - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0937f.pdf)
4. **Third - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0937t.pdf)
## Votes
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **3113** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Schmidt /223521/1 — **34101** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading — **3210** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **9736** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Henson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2026-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-13** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed with Amendments `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f628c51-256d-4693-9e88-bc7239ae7f94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).