---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Construction Contracts - Retention Proceeds"
description: "Real Property - Construction Contracts - Retention Proceeds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1231"
citation: "Maryland HB 1231 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Construction", "Contractors", "Contracts", "Courts", "Interest", "Prices", "Real Property", "Time", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c1b3db-965c-4e7e-96cb-4ade12148937"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1231&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "ee7213aa76f731e8f90b2edaf1d54ad82233279ffa0fcd7d748bdfe3dcbf0d74"
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 1231 (2019) — Real Property - Construction Contracts - Retention Proceeds

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1231f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Favorable with Amendments {743696/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-16** Third Reading Passed (130-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Special Order until next session (Senator Kramer) Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Floor Amendment {803327/1 (Senator Kramer) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Motion two readings same day Const/Rule 24 (Senator West) Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-1) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67c1b3db-965c-4e7e-96cb-4ade12148937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).