Maryland leaders tout ‘highly productive’ session at first bill signing after Sine Die

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 655

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago


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Montgomery County resident Alisa Wiener found it difficult to put her feelings into words Tuesday as she watched Gov. Wes Moore (D) sign the Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act into law.

But she repeated her hopes that the bill, named for her daughters who died in a 2022 fire in a rental without working smoke detectors, will protect another family from the anguish her family has suffered.

House Bill 1221 and …

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