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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money"
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description: "Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 19"
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citation: "Maryland HB 19 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Holmes"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-10-02"
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last_action: "2021-05-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ecd54b8-aa08-4b48-b25c-802717b41669"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0019?ys=2021RS&search=True"
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source_hash: "5f38419814b040ffa6675e53316ab059b58cbc5e2e8cdd2295fcac9cd0a501c5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland HB 19 (2021) — Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Chapter - Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0019c.pdf)
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2. **First - Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0019f.pdf)
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3. **Third - Residential Real Estate Transactions – Escrow Agents and Trust Money** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0019t.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Holmes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-10-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
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- **2021-01-13** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-04** Hearing 3/17 at 12:30 p.m.
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- **2021-04-12** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-12** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-12** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Ferguson) Adopted
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- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
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- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
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- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 590 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ecd54b8-aa08-4b48-b25c-802717b41669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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