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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Real Estate Commission - Real Estate Guaranty Fund - Fund Transfer"
+description: "State Real Estate Commission - Real Estate Guaranty Fund - Fund Transfer"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1656"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1656 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Committees and Commissions", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Arentz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-09"
+last_action: "2018-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6d9e643-e3dc-40f0-b077-47d1eb6af65a"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1656&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "ded2f4b45f8c1d5fb54d8471eefd431bc2e166fd6b475fc220136e7e21db8259"
+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 1656 (2018) — State Real Estate Commission - Real Estate Guaranty Fund - Fund Transfer
+
+## 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/hb1656f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
+- Carey — cosponsor (person)
+- Cluster — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
+- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
+- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
+- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
+- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- W. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-09** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-06** Hearing canceled
+- **2018-03-06** Hearing 3/09 at 2:30 p.m.
+- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {673196/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 76 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6d9e643-e3dc-40f0-b077-47d1eb6af65a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+