---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Real Estate Commission - Real Estate Guaranty Fund - Fund Transfer"
description: "State Real Estate Commission - Real Estate Guaranty Fund - Fund Transfer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1656"
citation: "Maryland HB 1656 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business Regulation and Occupations", "Committees and Commissions", "Revenue and Taxes", "Rules and Regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arentz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6d9e643-e3dc-40f0-b077-47d1eb6af65a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1656&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "ded2f4b45f8c1d5fb54d8471eefd431bc2e166fd6b475fc220136e7e21db8259"
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 1656 (2018) — State Real Estate Commission - Real Estate Guaranty Fund - Fund Transfer

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1656f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arentz — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Aumann — cosponsor (person)
- Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Cluster — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- Jameson — cosponsor (person)
- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- S. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- W. Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-06** Hearing canceled
- **2018-03-06** Hearing 3/09 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Favorable with Amendments {673196/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 76 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6d9e643-e3dc-40f0-b077-47d1eb6af65a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).