---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appraisal Management Companies - Notice and Response Requirements for Violations - Repeal of Exception"
description: "Appraisal Management Companies - Notice and Response Requirements for Violations - Repeal of Exception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Maryland SB 20 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Appraisals", "Notices", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-10-25"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c9b77b7-2fed-4903-a20c-b81610426237"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB20&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "c80e40e4eb18de17694b2db0b956afccb8e5c6fb1f29dae5bc09dbcb1cf51d46"
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 SB 20 (2019) — Appraisal Management Companies - Notice and Response Requirements for Violations - Repeal of Exception

## 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/sb/sb0020f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor — cosponsor (person)
- Licensing and Regulation) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-25** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04** Hearing 1/10 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2019-01-14** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-01-17** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-18** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-01** Third Reading Passed (134-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 86 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c9b77b7-2fed-4903-a20c-b81610426237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).