---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Real Estate Commission - Complaints - Advertising Violations"
description: "State Real Estate Commission - Complaints - Advertising Violations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 520"
citation: "Maryland HB 520 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee689564-a357-446a-a638-23135381a4e4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0520?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "19fa4a21ecc7644747cc59bb7ad53885228eaccc1ce3754c873dd8334a80f627"
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 520 (2024) — State Real Estate Commission - Complaints - Advertising Violations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Real Estate Commission - Complaints - Advertising Violations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_333_hb0520t.pdf)
2. **First - State Real Estate Commission - Complaints - Advertising Violations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0520f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Real Estate Commission - Complaints - Advertising Violations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0520t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 520 HB 709 HB 873 HB 1026 HB 1501 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 333 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee689564-a357-446a-a638-23135381a4e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).