---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property – Recordation of Deeds – Assignments of Rents and Assignments of Leases for Security Purposes"
description: "Real Property – Recordation of Deeds – Assignments of Rents and Assignments of Leases for Security Purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1084"
citation: "Maryland HB 1084 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05ae6383-88a5-4968-b688-fc79547530dd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1084?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "327a18ecd963a4238bf8091a2ec5dee227b01df1232398f891603bdb5fba6a73"
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 1084 (2020) — Real Property – Recordation of Deeds – Assignments of Rents and Assignments of Leases for Security Purposes

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Real Property – Recordation of Deeds – Assignments of Rents and Assignments of Leases for Security Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_424_hb1084t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property – Recordation of Deeds – Assignments of Rents and Assignments of Leases for Security Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1084f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property – Recordation of Deeds – Assignments of Rents and Assignments of Leases for Security Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1084t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-06** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 424 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05ae6383-88a5-4968-b688-fc79547530dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).