---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensed Real Estate Brokers - Branch Offices - Designation of Managers"
description: "Licensed Real Estate Brokers - Branch Offices - Designation of Managers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 709"
citation: "Maryland HB 709 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rogers", "Schmidt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d58b53e3-05ac-478e-b23f-8bf6d08b09a4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0709?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1932713eaab06707a405eabdda4d05d95b5a8b805ad2851ec5ec8a3e3944db0c"
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 709 (2024) — Licensed Real Estate Brokers - Branch Offices - Designation of Managers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Licensed Real Estate Brokers - Branch Offices - Designation of Managers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_331_hb0709t.pdf)
2. **First - Licensed Real Estate Brokers - Branch Offices - Designation of Managers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0709f.pdf)
3. **Third - Licensed Real Estate Brokers - Branch Offices - Designation of Managers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0709t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rogers — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d58b53e3-05ac-478e-b23f-8bf6d08b09a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).