---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate - Real Estate Brokerage Services and Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts (The Anthony Moorman Act)"
description: "Real Estate - Real Estate Brokerage Services and Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts (The Anthony Moorman Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 651"
citation: "Maryland SB 651 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4c53085-223c-4d44-abcd-8f9a63e54428"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0651?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a809ffd6054812eb8bf64deacc5e555ec2a32b8058fde7f7d5f079b1e64f64b0"
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 651 (2023) — Real Estate - Real Estate Brokerage Services and Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts (The Anthony Moorman Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Estate - Real Estate Brokerage Services and Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts (The Anthony Moorman Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_585_sb0651t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Estate - Real Estate Brokerage Services and Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts (The Anthony Moorman Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0651f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Estate - Real Estate Brokerage Services and Termination of Residential Real Estate Contracts (The Anthony Moorman Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0651t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reassigned to Judicial Proceedings
- **2023-02-14** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-18** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 585 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4c53085-223c-4d44-abcd-8f9a63e54428`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).