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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 23, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 937
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 34
- Adams
- Fisher
- Howard
- Metzgar
- Schmidt
- Anderson
- Ghrist
- Hutchinson
- Miller
- Stonko
- Arentz
- Grammer
- Jacobs
- Morgan, T.
- Szeliga
- Baker
- Griffith
- Kipke
- Nawrocki
- Tomlinson
- Beauchamp
- Hartman
- Long, R.
- Pippy
- Valentine
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- Mangione
- Reilly
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- McComas
- Rose
NO: 101
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Korman
- Roberts
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Arikan
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Watson
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Wells
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Williams
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Morgan, M.
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Odom
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crosby
ABSENT: 1
YES: 97
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lewis
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Feldmark
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fennell
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Behler
- Foley
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Bhandari
- Forbes
- McCaskill
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Williams
- Boyce
- Guyton
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Guzzone
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wims
- Chang
- Harrison
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Healey
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Hill
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Coley
- Holmes
- Phillips
- Stein
- Wu
- Conaway
- Ivey
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, A.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
NO: 36
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (31-13)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Floor Amendment {963321/1 (Delegate Charkoudian) Adopted
- Floor Amendment {223521/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected (34-101)
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (97-36)
- Apr 11, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments {743728/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- Hearing canceled
- Hearing 4/02 at 2:30 p.m.
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Referred Economic Matters
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (32-10)
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {973928/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)PDF
- Amendments {973928/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)PDF
- Amendments {743728/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {963321/1 (Delegate Charkoudian) Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {223521/1 (Delegate Schmidt) Rejected (34-101) (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial ProceedingsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Economic MattersPDF
- Video: Judicial ProceedingsHTML
- Video: Economic MattersHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- ANDERSON, ARLISA (Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kovacs, Lisa (Maryland Association of Local Management Boards)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Clark, Ashley (Harris Jones & Malone, LLC)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kemerer, Hannibal (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Sarro, Lisa (Community Legal Services)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Hovermale, Emily (Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Robinson, Ramieka (Goucher Prison Education Program & BUILD)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Blaha, Katherine (SURJ)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Wilpone-Welborn, Kira (Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Gaines, Martaze (Legal Defense Fund)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ortega, Chelsea (Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Bevan-Dangel, Jennifer (Economic Action Maryland Fund)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Davis, Katherine (Pro Bono Resource Center)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Girard, Meredith (Shore Legal Access (formerly Mid-Shore Pro Bono))
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Jones, Brenda (Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR))
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Nosbaum, Ray
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Puentes, Erica (Progressive Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Turner, Albert (Renters United Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Schumitz, Kali (Maryland Center on Economic Policy)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- and Thibault Manekin, Minister Thomas Anderson (BUILD & Seawall)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Scott, Waunita (Mavrik Village)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Day, Jake (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Girdner, Linnie
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Shah, Zafar (Maryland Legal Aid)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wheaton, David (NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Bae, John (Vera Institute of Justice)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Losak, Matthew (Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Muckle, Lonia (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Rodriguez, Victoria
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Anleu, Brian
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Castelli, William (Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLC)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Yost, E.V.
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Lent, Michael
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Henson, Senator Shaneka
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Speaks, Terry (Out for Justice)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Mercer, Jennifer
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Day, Jake (Department of Housing and Community Development)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Muckle, Lonia (CASH Campaign of Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kemerer, Hannibal (Maryland Office of the Public Defender)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Puentes, Erica (Progressive Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Nosbaum, Ray
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Ortega, Chelsea (Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Yost, E.V.
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Sarro, Lisa (Community Legal Services)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Scott, Waunita (Mavrik Village)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- and Thibault Manekin, Minister Thomas Anderson (BUILD & Seawall)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Robinson, Ramieka (Goucher Prison Education Program & BUILD)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Wilpone-Welborn, Kira (Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Diamond, Joanna (Health Care for the Homeless)
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Jones, Brenda (Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR))
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Bevan-Dangel, Jennifer (Economic Action Maryland Fund)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Bae, John (Vera Institute of Justice)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Zelaya, Michelle (Maryland Catholic Conference)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Wheaton, David (NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Krieger, Betsy (Be the Change Bmore)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Turner, Albert (Renters United Maryland)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Shah, Zafar (Maryland Legal Aid)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard KAP (Year)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Losak, Matthew (Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Schumitz, Kali (Maryland Center on Economic Policy)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Auteri, Gabriel (Harris Jones and Malone)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Henson, Senator Shaneka
- ECM Testimony, UNF -- Castelli, William (Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLC)
- ECM In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Taylor, Zachary (CDIA)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- SWASC, UM (Social Work Advocates for Social Change)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Anleu, Brian
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