Signed by Governor Wes Moore

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits landlords from limiting or evicting tenants for repeatedly summoning law enforcement or emergency services.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a landlord from using a lease or form of lease that contains a provision that limits a tenant’s ability to summon, or penalizes a tenant or another individual solely for summoning, the assistance of law enforcement or emergency service (Sec. 1). 

• prohibits a landlord from taking certain retaliatory actions because a tenant or another individual summons the assistance of law enforcement or emergency services for certain purposes (Sec. 1).

• prohibits a local jurisdiction from enacting certain laws that impede a tenants access to emergency services (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that a prohibited law under this act may be used as an affirmative defense or as the basis of a claim by individuals under certain circumstances (Sec. 1).

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