---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money"
description: "Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Maryland HB 19 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-02"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ecd54b8-aa08-4b48-b25c-802717b41669"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0019?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5f38419814b040ffa6675e53316ab059b58cbc5e2e8cdd2295fcac9cd0a501c5"
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 19 (2021) — Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0019c.pdf)
2. **First - Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0019f.pdf)
3. **Third - Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0019t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Hearing 3/17 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 590 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ecd54b8-aa08-4b48-b25c-802717b41669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).