---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Residential Real Estate Transactions - Escrow Agents"
description: "Real Property - Residential Real Estate Transactions - Escrow Agents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 222"
citation: "Maryland HB 222 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Agents and Brokers", "Banks and Trust Companies", "Beneficiaries", "Contracts", "Credit Unions", "Escrow Accounts", "Real Estate", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56c2f838-429b-41bc-924d-1ee7b7fc93e8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB222&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "008d2b7fd637eafbb07956c893295d91f942d67a896d82515bb10bf9280124a2"
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 222 (2019) — Real Property - Residential Real Estate Transactions - Escrow Agents

## 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/hb0222f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Favorable with Amendments {620112/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-02-28** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing 3/20 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-04** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56c2f838-429b-41bc-924d-1ee7b7fc93e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).