# Maryland HB 0709: Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)

Maryland HB 0709, Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction), is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-13 (Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0709
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-24
- Last action: 2025-02-13, Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsor: Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Subjects: Real Property, Baltimore City, Building Maintenance and Repair, Building Permits, Complaints, Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties; etc., Courts -see also- AppCt; Circuit; District; Orphans'; etc., Disclosure, Eviction, Evidence, Forms, Housing and Community Development, Department of, Kinship -see also- Parents and Guardians, Landlords and Tenants, Laws and Ordinances -see also- Pub Local Laws; Uniform Laws, Leases and Rent, Notices, Postal Service, Property Damage, Residential Property -see also- Apartments; Condominiums, Rules and Regulations, Time
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jheanelle K. Wilkins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Allen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dana Jones (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kris Fair (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jessica Feldmark (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Linda Foley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jeffrie E. Long (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ashanti Martinez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bernice Mireku-North (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Malcolm P. Ruff (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sheila Ruth (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Stephanie Smith (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vaughn Stewart (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jen Terrasa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joe Vogel (Democratic), House

## Actions (4)

- 2025-02-13: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-02-13: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-01-29: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-01-24: First Reading Environment and Transportation (House)

## Bill text

- First Reading, 2025-01-24: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0709f.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0709f.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0709-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).