---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established"
description: "Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 657"
citation: "Maryland SB 657 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09e24f9d-3d6c-4dd7-8054-c2abea2f6f63"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0657?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "5987bbb5a22b71edebdab8dea049e30acdd3597a13bb672d42514e7ccae69b79"
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 657 (2026) — Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_743_sb0657t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0657f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0657t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **39–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **110–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 743 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09e24f9d-3d6c-4dd7-8054-c2abea2f6f63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).