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SB 781

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Real Property – Residential Contract of Sale – Buyer Identification

Sponsor: Antonio Hayes (District 40)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Real PropertyStatus: Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a buyer who executes a residential contract of sale for a single family residential real property with a real estate broker to make a certain election; requiring a buyer who makes a certain election to sign and initial a residential contract of sale in a certain manner; requiring a buyer who makes a certain election to identify the buyer's real estate broker in the residential contract of sale and to execute a separate document with the buyer's real estate broker; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMartin Frazier, JuliaMonument Sotheby's International RealtyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDotson, RodneyMonument Sothebys International RealtyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHayes, AntonioIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Hayes, Senator HayeslegislatorIndividualOral
UNFWilpone-Welborn, KiraConsumer Protection Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
UNFGraf, LorilobbyistMaryland Building Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFCastelli, WilliamlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFMurray, RorylobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAKepnes, KimberlyMonument Sotheby's International RealtyOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association
UNFCastelli, WilliamRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company
UNFMurray, RoryRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Council of Engineering Companies/MD; Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools; Chesapeake Watershed Restoration Professionals; Kaiser Permanente; Lightstar Renewables