---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Brokers - Inactive Licenses - Requirements After Expiration"
description: "Real Estate Brokers - Inactive Licenses - Requirements After Expiration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Maryland HB 144 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Qi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/847f92f3-c1d3-47f0-a283-8f91871f7ac7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0144?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b4bf72bc34403238ce03d1a30d99a10c7fe0e5ecba45a920db739bb4b4ac4d19"
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 144 (2023) — Real Estate Brokers - Inactive Licenses - Requirements After Expiration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Estate Brokers - Inactive Licenses - Requirements After Expiration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_339_hb0144t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Estate Brokers - Inactive Licenses - Requirements After Expiration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0144f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Estate Brokers - Inactive Licenses - Requirements After Expiration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0144t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Qi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/07 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.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 339 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/847f92f3-c1d3-47f0-a283-8f91871f7ac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).