---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Real Estate Commission – Brokers – Business Succession in the Event of Disability"
description: "State Real Estate Commission – Brokers – Business Succession in the Event of Disability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1482"
citation: "Maryland HB 1482 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Agents and Brokers", "Committees and Commissions", "Disabilities", "Licenses", "Real Estate", "Time"]
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/d74e2fdb-96e6-414c-8faf-d691d14ff65a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1482&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "172c58bf7de6c91bf6b3d6f2414d5bd76cde75c9c3d827db1a0a3a6932122a2c"
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 1482 (2018) — State Real Estate Commission – Brokers – Business Succession in the Event of Disability

## 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/hb1482f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
- Cluster — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — 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 {943090/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `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 78 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d74e2fdb-96e6-414c-8faf-d691d14ff65a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).