Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-023-2026

• Reference No.: CB-023-2026
• Draft No.: 2
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Third Reading
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 10/6/2026
• Introduced Date: 9/15/2026
• Public Hearing Date: 10/06/2026 @ 10:00 AM
• Title: AN ACT CONCERNING RENTAL LICENSES for the purpose of providing for the display of a certain rental license with certain information; providing for certain advertising requirements; providing for certain penalties; providing for the display or posting of a certain short-term rental license with certain information; providing for the display requirements for a short-term rental hosting platform license; providing for County properties listed in the platform include certain licenses information; providing for the increase of penalties on short-term rental license hosts; and generally regarding rental licensing.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Thomas E. Dernoga, Wala Blegay, Danielle I. Hunter, Shayla Adams-Stafford, Timothy J. Adams, Krystal Oriadha, Eric C. Olson
• Code sections: 05-175.03 - , 05-175.04 - , 05-175.07 - , 13-188 -
• Contact: Kathy Canning, Legislative Attorney

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2026	2	County Council
9/15/2026	2	County Council	introduced
9/3/2026	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee
6/4/2026	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
4/16/2026	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/24/2026	1	County Council	presented and referred

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING RENTAL LICENSES for the purpose of providing for the display of a certain rental license with certain information; providing for certain advertising requirements; providing for certain penalties; providing for the display or posting of a certain short-term rental license with certain information; providing for the display requirements for a short-term rental hosting platform license; providing for County properties listed in the platform include certain licenses information; providing for the increase of  penalties on short-term rental license hosts; and generally regarding rental licensing.

Background

This bill provides for the display and advertising  of  long-term and short term rental licenses in physical and digital settings with articulated advertising requirements.  It increases certain penalties for violation of these requirements. This bill adds additional requirements to ensure renters and the Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement staff can view rental licenses on properties and that prospective renters are made aware of the existence or lack of a rental license before entering into a lease.