---
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).