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IntroducedOct 20, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Became Law
Maryland Senate Bill
Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirement
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 13, 2026: Passed Enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 12
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 101
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Allen
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Embry
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Tomlinson
- Bagnall
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wells
- Behler
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Williams
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilson
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wims
- Chang
- Healey
- Odom
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Woorman
- Coley
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Wu
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stein
- Young
- Crosby
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
NO: 34
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Concurs House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (35-11)
- Passed Enrolled
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (101-34)
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments {393224/1 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 24, 2026 | House
- Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 20, 2026 | House
- Referred Economic Matters
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Third Reading Passed (33-11)
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable with Amendments {293522/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- Oct 20, 2025 | Senate
- Pre-filed
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning RequirementPDF
- Amendments {293522/1 Adopted (Senate)PDF
- Text - Third - Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning RequirementPDF
- Amendments {393224/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Enrolled - Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning RequirementPDF
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 -- West, Christopher (Senator Chris West)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Graf, Lori (Maryland Building Industry Association)
- JPR Virtual - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hoang, Tim (Montgomery County Renters Alliance)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Cantu, Hugo (Apartments and Office Building Association)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Hill, Matt
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Wilpone-Welborn, Kira (Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General)
- JPR Testimony, FWA -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Carrington, Darrell (Carrington & Associates, LLC)
- JPR Testimony, INFO -- Pipkin, Matthew (Maryland Multi-Housing Association)
- JPR In Person - Oral Testimony, FWA -- Shah, Zafar (Maryland Legal Aid)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Rondeau, Jonathon (fello)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Othman, Ronza (National Federation of the Blind)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Ball, Calvin (Howard County Office of County Executive)
- JPR Testimony, FAV -- Benson, Emily (Mayor and Council of Rockville)
- JPR Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- Cantu, Hugo (Apartments and Office Building Association)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Frey, Leslie (Montgomery County)
- ECM Testimony, INFO -- Pipkin, Matthew (Maryland Multi-Housing Association)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Wilpone-Welborn, Kira (Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Sarro, Lisa (Community Legal Services)
- ECM Testimony, FAV -- West, Christopher (Senator Chris West)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Themelis, Nina (Mayor's Office of Government Relations)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Butchko, Dominic (Maryland Association of Counties (MACo))
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Krone, Christine
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Shah, Zafar (Maryland Legal Aid)
- ECM Testimony, FWA -- Hill, Matt

