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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate Brokers - Brokerage Agreements - Requirements"
description: "Real Estate Brokers - Brokerage Agreements - Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 542"
citation: "Maryland SB 542 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbba1fbf-e2c4-4645-b481-235d2db474fc"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0542?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8f94fe8f1c1a1fd3a641844535e0d1b0ee76318490b3a6b3732ebf2b5f6206cb"
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 SB 542 (2024) — Real Estate Brokers - Brokerage Agreements - Requirements
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Real Estate Brokers - Brokerage Agreements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_359_sb0542t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Estate Brokers - Brokerage Agreements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0542f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Estate Brokers - Brokerage Agreements - Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0542t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **460** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **1370** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brooks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-25** First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-01-26** Hearing canceled
- **2024-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 359 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbba1fbf-e2c4-4645-b481-235d2db474fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).