---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations"
description: "Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 704"
citation: "Maryland SB 704 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc618aa3-5700-44e3-b1b6-09507736fffa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0704?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "966ff4aa47c9f89aa002ab7ff570464aae1dd0082191c53a3c8778965dec97ad"
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 704 (2024) — Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_156_sb0704t.pdf)
2. **First - Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0704f.pdf)
3. **Third - Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0704t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–9** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-02** Hearing canceled
- **2024-04-02** Hearing 4/02 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 156 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc618aa3-5700-44e3-b1b6-09507736fffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).