Public Safety - Short-Term Rental Units - Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act)

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide certain fire extinguishers and smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms in the unit; requiring a certain short-term rental host to replace a smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm under certain circumstances; requiring certain counties or Baltimore City to require, through local law or regulation, certain inspections and to report certain information to the State Fire Marshal; etc.

Every action

17 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Mar 21, 2026House of DelegatesThird Reading Passed (111-16)111–16 vote
2. Mar 23, 2026CommitteeReferred Education, Energy, and the Environment · Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
3. Apr 3, 2026CommitteeFavorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment · Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
4. Apr 6, 2026SenateFavorable Adopted
5. Apr 6, 2026SenateSecond Reading Passed
6. Apr 8, 2026SenateThird Reading Passed (44-0)44–0 vote
7. Apr 8, 2026House of DelegatesReturned Passed
8. Apr 14, 2026GovernorApproved by the Governor - Chapter 9

Roll calls

5 recorded votes: 3 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

• Linda FoleyD Primary sponsor · District 15