---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgages and Deeds of Trust - Prerequisites to Recording"
description: "Mortgages and Deeds of Trust - Prerequisites to Recording"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 595"
citation: "Maryland HB 595 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Attorneys", "Deeds", "Estates and Trusts", "Licenses", "Mortgages", "Recordation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McMillan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab90be51-bbf4-4040-b1e5-1292b963e6a8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB595&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "567216c4e9360e88c28eac859f3cd595c3e5bf31c7195f6156e70a046208f59b"
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 595 (2017) — Mortgages and Deeds of Trust - Prerequisites to Recording

## 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/hb/hb0595f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McMillan — primary (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {960819/4 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 520 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab90be51-bbf4-4040-b1e5-1292b963e6a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).