---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements"
description: "Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 347"
citation: "Maryland HB 347 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7406f2b-0177-4f67-b3e0-4fe246d82884"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0347?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "828f921ff296a3444b7536e89dc26e67692f720c1c4535d7712ae633e6e8122d"
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 347 (2025) — Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_65_hb0347e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0347e.pdf)
3. **First - Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0347f.pdf)
4. **Third - Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0347t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holmes — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-20** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-20** Hearing 1/24 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-02-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-27** Motion Special Order until 3/28 (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7406f2b-0177-4f67-b3e0-4fe246d82884`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).