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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real Property - New Home Sales - Information on Energy-Efficient Options"
+description: "Real Property - New Home Sales - Information on Energy-Efficient Options"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1481"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1481 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Real Property", "Alternative Energy Sources", "Building Codes", "Construction", "Contracts", "Disclosure", "Energy Matters", "Housing", "Notices", "Real Estate", "Real Property", "Tax Credits"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fraser-Hidalgo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-09"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95a66f2b-fe92-4b6a-a964-ea7470e29478"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1481&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "63b4aec6bc128596719f7cebe45f5ecc1c313bfbd684f91b3c50e9e2263f6dc0"
+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 HB 1481 (2018) — Real Property - New Home Sales - Information on Energy-Efficient Options
+
+## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1481t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **30–15** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **135–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
+- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Barve — cosponsor (person)
+- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
+- Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
+- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
+- Healey — cosponsor (person)
+- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
+- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
+- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stein — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-12** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (135-1) `passage`
+- **2018-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-02** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed (30-15) `passage`
+- **2018-04-05** Returned Passed
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95a66f2b-fe92-4b6a-a964-ea7470e29478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+