republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/hb-697.md

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Bill	Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights	Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	HB 697	Maryland HB 697 (2024)	bill		enacted	Griffith	3	12	2	2024-01-25	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/aab9f3fd-4087-4743-aba3-5c2328a1198e	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0697?ys=2024RS&search=True	5b68f44211339447fece807ffa6d3909c82e9e1071937a39558e337c168b3a70	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. First - Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Real Estate Brokers – Commercial Transactions – Buyer’s Rights (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/aab9f3fd-4087-4743-aba3-5c2328a1198e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).