---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Brokers - Disability or Death and Termination of Employment of a Broker"
description: "Real Estate Brokers - Disability or Death and Termination of Employment of a Broker"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1225"
citation: "Maryland HB 1225 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4afda672-2f1e-4849-9114-852bc27898cf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1225?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "971f471ade6193bf821d48f103b763fc91d006cc66ec04d3145d5acafb562d63"
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 1225 (2023) — Real Estate Brokers - Disability or Death and Termination of Employment of a Broker

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Estate Brokers - Disability or Death and Termination of Employment of a Broker** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_516_hb1225t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Estate Brokers - Disability or Death and Termination of Employment of a Broker** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1225f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Estate Brokers - Disability or Death and Termination of Employment of a Broker** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb1225t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-21** Hearing canceled
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4afda672-2f1e-4849-9114-852bc27898cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).