---
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: "SB 376"
citation: "Maryland SB 376 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Attorneys", "Circuit Courts", "Clerks of Court", "Deeds", "Estates and Trusts", "Leases and Rent", "Licenses", "Mortgages", "Recordation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/def18672-bb42-420e-addd-d74c773d9f90"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB376&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "4d1a142ce2398fb6de66ce9074b33a1f50854014ceda7feae1bf1b45c20e527a"
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 376 (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/sb/sb0376f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Norman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Favorable with Amendments {268775/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {340418/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 521 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/def18672-bb42-420e-addd-d74c773d9f90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).