---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Recordation of Instrument With False Information - Penalties and Actions to Quiet Title"
description: "Real Property - Recordation of Instrument With False Information - Penalties and Actions to Quiet Title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1308"
citation: "Maryland HB 1308 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valentine", "Wivell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dade6fb3-060e-4c41-89fd-b0de178924ae"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1308?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "204dea019fc588ed846b6ad1d1d77b8259333c15a4ada20f0c58fef3d170ac16"
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 1308 (2024) — Real Property - Recordation of Instrument With False Information - Penalties and Actions to Quiet Title

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Recordation of Instrument With False Information - Penalties and Actions to Quiet Title** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_369_hb1308t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Recordation of Instrument With False Information - Penalties and Actions to Quiet Title** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1308f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Recordation of Instrument With False Information - Penalties and Actions to Quiet Title** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1308t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valentine — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-10** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dade6fb3-060e-4c41-89fd-b0de178924ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).