2026 Regular Session
HB774
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)
Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
10 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 703728/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected
Failed
37 yea–80 nay · 10 not voting · 14 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 283420/1 (Delegate Rose) Rejected
Failed
36 yea–79 nay · 12 not voting · 14 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 233222/1 (Delegate Wivell) Rejected
Failed
34 yea–78 nay · 16 not voting · 13 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 113420/1 (Delegate Wivell) Rejected
Failed
35 yea–80 nay · 13 not voting · 13 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 243228/1 (Delegate Rose) Rejected
Failed
36 yea–77 nay · 15 not voting · 13 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 203423/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected
Failed
32 yea–76 nay · 20 not voting · 13 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 153525/1 (Delegate Arentz) Rejected
Failed
33 yea–77 nay · 18 not voting · 13 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 733221/1 (Delegate T. Morgan) Rejected
Failed
33 yea–76 nay · 19 not voting · 13 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 603727/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected
Failed
37 yea–71 nay · 20 not voting · 13 absent
April 6, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
84 yea–41 nay · 11 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
April 7, 2026 · Senate
Rules
February 4, 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 Referred Rules
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House Third Reading Passed (84-41) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Floor Amendment {603727/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected (37-71)
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House Floor Amendment {733221/1 (Delegate T. Morgan) Rejected (33-76)
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House Floor Amendment {153525/1 (Delegate Arentz) Rejected (33-77)
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House Floor Amendment {203423/1 (Delegate M. Morgan) Rejected (32-76)
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House Floor Amendment {243228/1 (Delegate Rose) Rejected (36-77)
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House Floor Amendment {113420/1 (Delegate Wivell) Rejected (35-80)
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House Floor Amendment {233222/1 (Delegate Wivell) Rejected (34-78)
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House Floor Amendment {283420/1 (Delegate Rose) Rejected (36-79)
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House Floor Amendment {913120/1 (Delegate Arentz) Adopted
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House Floor Amendment {913524/1 (Delegate Tomlinson) Adopted
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House Floor Amendment {703728/1 (Delegate Adams) Rejected (37-80)
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House Motion Special Order until 04/03 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
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House Favorable Adopted
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House Favorable Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Economic Matters