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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real Property - Notices of Foreclosure Sale and Postponement or Cancellation of Foreclosure Sale"
+description: "Real Property - Notices of Foreclosure Sale and Postponement or Cancellation of Foreclosure Sale"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 247"
+citation: "Maryland SB 247 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Real Property", "Condominiums", "Foreclosure", "Homeowners Associations", "Liens", "Notices", "Postal Service", "Real Property", "Records"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ramirez and Muse"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56675d52-cc57-46fb-8dc9-008e18baa21c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB247&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
+source_hash: "b2f0617f26d0f41abc0ae3300b54aa541da90b844c2bdd8649e540e41b652e9f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 247 (2017) — Real Property - Notices of Foreclosure Sale and Postponement or Cancellation of Foreclosure Sale
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0247f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ramirez and Muse — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-20** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-02-27** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** Floor Amendment {203122/1 (Senator Muse) Adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (45-1) `passage`
+- **2017-03-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
+- **2017-04-05** Returned Passed
+- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56675d52-cc57-46fb-8dc9-008e18baa21c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+