---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foreclosed Property Registry - Updated Information - Notice to Local Governments"
description: "Foreclosed Property Registry - Updated Information - Notice to Local Governments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Maryland HB 78 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Local Government - Generally", "Counties", "Disclosure", "Electronic Communication", "Foreclosure", "Labor", "Licensing", "and Regulation", "Department of", "Municipal Corporations", "Notices", "Real Property", "Registration", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c87d659-6ddc-4c69-a7cc-a071d613b27a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB78&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "ee5d54d5d1a2847f5e071d220438a760e63e6c5ed4ff9629f05f3b26d60a3e8e"
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 78 (2018) — Foreclosed Property Registry - Updated Information - Notice to Local Governments

## 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/hb0078f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-12** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-16** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-19** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Floor Amendment {313127/1 (Senator Zirkin) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-27** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-28** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c87d659-6ddc-4c69-a7cc-a071d613b27a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).