---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights"
description: "Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 697"
citation: "Maryland HB 697 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aab9f3fd-4087-4743-aba3-5c2328a1198e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0697?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5b68f44211339447fece807ffa6d3909c82e9e1071937a39558e337c168b3a70"
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 697 (2024) — Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_198_hb0697t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0697f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0697t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-04** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 198 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aab9f3fd-4087-4743-aba3-5c2328a1198e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).