---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Brokers - Licensing - License Renewals and Continuing Education"
description: "Real Estate Brokers - Licensing - License Renewals and Continuing Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 564"
citation: "Maryland SB 564 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Carozza", "Simonaire", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c926733-c745-4430-b581-b3350ca3b104"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0564?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cbf468f83dc668f2c5c0569c3317fb39e065d2218f16f86d2119d4fc0a70dad2"
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 564 (2024) — Real Estate Brokers - Licensing - License Renewals and Continuing Education

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Estate Brokers - Licensing - License Renewals and Continuing Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_330_sb0564t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Estate Brokers - Licensing - License Renewals and Continuing Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0564f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Estate Brokers - Licensing - License Renewals and Continuing Education** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0564t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carozza — primary (person)
- Simonaire — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c926733-c745-4430-b581-b3350ca3b104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).