Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-006-2023

• Reference No.: CB-006-2023
• Draft No.: 2
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Enacted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 2/28/2023
• Introduced Date: 2/7/2023
• Public Hearing Date: 02/28/2023 @ 10:00 AM
• Effective date: 4/17/2023
• Title: AN ACT CONCERNING LANDLORD REPORTING OF TENANT’S RENTAL PAYMENTS TO MAJOR CREDIT BUREAUS for the purpose of creating a pilot program that will require landlords with a certain amount of dwelling units to give their tenants the option of having their rental payments reported by a third-party service, or the landlord, or otherwise to at least one of the three major credit bureaus; providing for the reporting of timely payments; providing for a certain fee; providing for failure to pay a certain fee; providing for a tenant’s right to terminate rent reporting; and generally related to tenants’ consumer credit rights.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Edward P. Burroughs, Krystal Oriadha, Wala Blegay, Thomas E. Dernoga, Jolene Ivey, Eric C. Olson
• Contact: Monica Best-James, Legislative Officer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/2/2023	2	County Executive	signed
2/28/2023	2	County Council	public hearing held
2/28/2023	2	County Council	enacted	Pass
2/7/2023	1	County Council	amended (1)	Pass
2/7/2023	1	County Council	introduced
1/19/2023	1	Health, Human Services and Public Safety Committee	Favorably recommended	Pass
12/12/2022	1	County Council	presented and referred
12/6/2022	1	County Council	removed from Consent Agenda

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING LANDLORD REPORTING OF TENANT’S RENTAL PAYMENTS TO MAJOR CREDIT BUREAUS for the purpose of creating a pilot program that will require landlords with a certain amount of dwelling units to give their tenants the option of having their rental payments reported by a third-party service, or the landlord, or otherwise to at least one of the three major credit bureaus; providing for the reporting of timely payments;  providing for a certain fee; providing for failure to pay a certain fee; providing for a tenant’s right to terminate rent reporting; and generally related to tenants’ consumer credit rights.

Background

This legislation creates a pilot program that will require landlords with a certain number of dwelling units to provide their tenants with the option of having their rental payments reported to at least one nationwide consumer reporting agency. It defines when the rent reporting pilot program will begin; what qualifying tenants must do to participate in the pilot program (which includes paying a small fee to have the rent payments reported); and what procedures Landlords must follow to properly administer the pilot program. The legislation also defines the rights of tenants that participate in the pilot rent reporting program and that it will expire in five years from the starting date.