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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over"
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description: "Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over"
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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: "HB 767"
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citation: "Maryland HB 767 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Allen", "Atterbeary", "Behler", "Boyce", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Healey", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Lehman", "Palakovich Carr", "Pasteur", "R. Lewis", "Ruth", "Stein", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "White Holland", "Wilkins", "Williams"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f5c4f7-9bb0-49e3-abb7-08b9aa9af014"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0767?ys=2025RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "ee6b6b9b481a75f63079ac80d9a898d476594d5470b1af681b09ca3dfd03eec2"
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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 HB 767 (2025) — Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over
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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 - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_563_hb0767e.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0767e.pdf)
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3. **First - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over (Tenant Possessions Recovery Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0767f.pdf)
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4. **Third - Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over (Tenant Possessions Recovery Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0767t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading (Amend) — **32–12** (pass) · upper
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- FLA Del. Adams /893023/1 — **38–95** (fail) · lower
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- FLA Del. Morgan, M. /583029/1 — **41–90** (fail) · lower
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- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–41** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **93–42** (pass) · lower
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- FLA Del. Long, R. /973624/1 — **38–91** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Acevero — primary (person)
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- Allen — primary (person)
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- Atterbeary — primary (person)
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- Behler — primary (person)
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- Boyce — primary (person)
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- Ebersole — primary (person)
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- Fair — primary (person)
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- Feldmark — primary (person)
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- Foley — primary (person)
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- Healey — primary (person)
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Kaufman — primary (person)
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- Lehman — primary (person)
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- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
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- Pasteur — primary (person)
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- R. Lewis — primary (person)
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- Ruth — primary (person)
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- Stein — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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- Terrasa — primary (person)
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- White Holland — primary (person)
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- Wilkins — primary (person)
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-14** Motion Special Order until 03/15 (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted
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- **2025-03-15** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-03-15** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-03-15** Floor Amendment {
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- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
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- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
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- **2025-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 `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/81f5c4f7-9bb0-49e3-abb7-08b9aa9af014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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