Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB624: Public Safety - Short-Term Rental Units - Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act)
Status: Signed into law, April 14, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act concerning Public Safety - Short-Term Rental Units - Fire Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Fire Safety Act) FOR the purpose of requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide fire extinguishers and install certain 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…
From the enrolled text, April 21, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Public Safety - Short-Term Rental Units - Fire Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Fire Safety Act) FOR the purpose of requiring certain short-term rental units to post certain evacuation diagrams and certain emergency telephone numbers in the unit and to provide fire extinguishers and install certain 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 booking services to notify certain short-term rental hosts regarding certain fire safety requirements; requiring a county certain counties or Baltimore City to require, through local law or regulation, certain inspections and to report certain information to the State Fire Marshal under certain circumstances; requiring the State Fire Marshal to make a certain report to the General Assembly; and generally relating to fire safety requirements for short-term rental units. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Public Safety Section 9-101(a), (c), (d), and (e) and 12-1101(a) and (b) Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Public Safety Section 9-1101 through 9-1105 9-1106 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 11. Short-Term Rental Fire Safety Requirements" Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article …