2026 Regular Session
HB313
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Housing - Rental Applications and Tenant Screening
Requiring a landlord to provide certain written disclosures before accepting an application or screening fee; providing that a prospective tenant shall be allowed to dispute and provide evidence regarding certain information contained in a tenant screening report; establishing that a landlord is not liable for certain information included in a tenant screening report under certain circumstances; requiring a landlord to report certain information to a person that produces tenant screening reports; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 18, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 693924/1 (Delegate R. Long) Rejected
Failed
35 yea–99 nay · 4 not voting · 3 absent
March 18, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 943929/1 (Delegate R. Long) Rejected
Failed
35 yea–100 nay · 3 not voting · 3 absent
March 18, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
96 yea–36 nay · 4 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Judicial Proceedings
January 15, 2026 · House
Economic Matters
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Referred Judicial Proceedings
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House Third Reading Passed (96-36)
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Floor Amendment {943929/1 (Delegate R. Long) Rejected (35-100)
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House Floor Amendment {693924/1 (Delegate R. Long) Rejected (35-99)
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House Motion Special Order until 03/18 (Delegate R. Long) Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments {763028/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Economic Matters