---
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).