---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Real Property Records Improvement Fund and Nonbudgeted State Agencies"
description: "Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Real Property Records Improvement Fund and Nonbudgeted State Agencies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 251"
citation: "Maryland HB 251 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-08-04"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a3faba-b0b3-40c9-a6f1-df9658d7b534"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0251?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3f277c833bd6e740a5becb5f3b016ba747fb9c91bd4ceed8be96459b98007b07"
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 251 (2021) — Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Real Property Records Improvement Fund and Nonbudgeted State Agencies

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Real Property Records Improvement Fund and Nonbudgeted State Agencies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_719_hb0251e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Real Property Records Improvement Fund and Nonbudgeted State Agencies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0251e.pdf)
3. **First - Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0251f.pdf)
4. **Third - Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - Nonbudgeted State Agencies** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0251t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-04** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** Hearing 1/20 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-05** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 719 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04a3faba-b0b3-40c9-a6f1-df9658d7b534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).