---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing and Community Development - Homebuyer Education Requirements"
description: "Housing and Community Development - Homebuyer Education Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 279"
citation: "Maryland HB 279 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Education", "Foreclosure", "Housing and Community Development", "Department of", "Housing", "Loans", "Mediation", "Mortgages", "Revenue and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e26d690a-d0e9-444f-b5f3-e8b991521805"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB279&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4d25728226c2b1277eb57573216e3300bf0f568c582361b199773316e2bb1585"
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 279 (2018) — Housing and Community Development - Homebuyer Education Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0279f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Environment and Transportation Committee (By Request - Departmental - Housing and Community Development) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-22** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Rereferred to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- **2018-03-15** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-26** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-28** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 104 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e26d690a-d0e9-444f-b5f3-e8b991521805`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).