---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Housing and Community Development – Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program – Establishment"
description: "Department of Housing and Community Development – Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program – Establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1239"
citation: "Maryland HB 1239 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lierman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d2e6692-ec78-43bd-ab42-36c908d009c5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1239?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f49ded9a8a539f021c49f783824a55bebe2a06a93cab00137afd38309160ad6f"
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 1239 (2021) — Department of Housing and Community Development – Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program – Establishment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Housing and Community Development – Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_702_hb1239t.pdf)
2. **First - Department of Housing and Community Development – Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1239f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Housing and Community Development – Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program – Establishment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1239t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **109–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lierman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 3/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 702 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d2e6692-ec78-43bd-ab42-36c908d009c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).