---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Regulation - Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers - Prohibited Conduct"
description: "Business Regulation - Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers - Prohibited Conduct"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Maryland HB 211 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taveras"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-30"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c1fa6d1-4a21-4441-adf7-cf22900b08b0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0211?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "db8fe4bdfdbe31fe744d1025427c8565f0f1e3dfbdd44b45a50083a8e64ead1c"
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 211 (2024) — Business Regulation - Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers - Prohibited Conduct

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Business Regulation - Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers - Prohibited Conduct** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_638_hb0211t.pdf)
2. **First - Business Regulation - Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers - Prohibited Conduct** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0211f.pdf)
3. **Third - Business Regulation - Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers - Prohibited Conduct** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0211t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **100–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taveras — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-30** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-29** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-29** Hearing 2/07 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Motion Special Order until 2/21 (Delegate Qi) Adopted
- **2024-02-21** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 638 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c1fa6d1-4a21-4441-adf7-cf22900b08b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).