---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications"
description: "Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "Maryland SB 455 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis", "Griffith", "Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5db69c21-431b-4e39-a30c-0ea265f856d4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0455?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "be7aa6a51b3788720bd42649adf179e956c717bbc2d36209730ec1217c76303f"
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 455 (2023) — Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_386_sb0455t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0455f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Estate Appraisers - Licensing and Certification - Qualifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0455t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5db69c21-431b-4e39-a30c-0ea265f856d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).