HB 609 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Legislative Scholarship Programs - Eligibility and Use - Real Estate Appraisal Program

HB 609 modifies Maryland's legislative scholarship programs to exempt students planning to complete the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria program from standard exam requirements. It specifically allows senatorial and delegate scholarships to cover costs for the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Program (administered by the Appraisal Foundation). This change directly affects students pursuing real estate appraisal licensure who would otherwise need to meet typical scholarship exam rules. The bill amends Sections 18-402(4) and 18-405(b)(3) of the Maryland Annotated Code to include this program under eligible scholarship uses.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Mar 7, 2025

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First - Legislative Scholarship Programs - Eligibility and Use - Real Estate Appraisal Program → Third - Legislative Scholarship Programs - Eligibility and Use - Real Estate Appraisal Program · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill update adds procedural status information (Committee Report and House action dates) and reorganizes the formatting of the legislative text. The substantive eligibility requirements for senatorial scholarships, including exemptions for real estate appraiser training, remain unchanged from the previous version.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; changes are primarily procedural and formatting-related.

TIMELINE

Added Committee Report status (Favorable) and House action (Adopted) with specific dates in February 2025.

TECHNICAL

Changed document header from 'A BILL ENTITLED' to 'CHAPTER ______' to reflect bill progression.

Reformatted existing text to align with standard legislative markup conventions, including adding explanation notes about capitalization, brackets, underlining, and strike-throughs.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

109–22

Passed · 8 other

Total votes 139

Feb 27, 2025

D Democratic100

96 Yea 4

96% Yea

R Republican39

13 Yea 22 Nay 4

56% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Mar 7, 2025

Committee

Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable Report by Appropriations

lower

Feb 27, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (109-22-8)

house of delegates

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

First Reading Appropriations

lower

29 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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