2026 Regular Session
SB937
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)
Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlord to consider certain criminal history information prior to extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant; and requiring the landlord to consider certain information provided by a prospective tenant relating to a criminal history records check; 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
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
32 yea–10 nay · 1 not voting · 4 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 223521/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected
Failed
34 yea–101 nay · 5 not voting · 1 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed with Amendments
Passed
97 yea–36 nay · 7 not voting · 1 absent
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
31 yea–13 nay · 3 not voting
Committee referrals
March 24, 2026 · House
Economic Matters
February 6, 2026 · Senate
Judicial Proceedings
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 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752
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Senate Passed Enrolled View roll call
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Senate Third Reading Passed (31-13) View roll call
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Senate Senate Concurs House Amendments
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House Third Reading Passed with Amendments (97-36)
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House Floor Amendment {223521/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected (34-101)
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House Floor Amendment {963321/1 (Delegate Charkoudian) Adopted
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {743728/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m.
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House Hearing canceled
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House Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
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House Hearing canceled
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House Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Referred Economic Matters
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Senate Third Reading Passed (32-10) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {973928/1 Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
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Senate Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate First Reading Judicial Proceedings