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HB0919 • 2026

Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established

Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Delegates Taylor , Addison , Amprey , Behler , Coley , Conaway , Crutchfield , Davis , Fennell , Hill , Lewis , J. Long , Mireku-North , Pasteur , Phillips , Roberson , Roberts , Ross , Ruff , Smith , Spiegel , Stinnett , Turner , Vogel , White Holland , Woods , and Young
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the criteria or funding for the grants, leaving these aspects open to interpretation.

Maryland Higher Education Commission - PAREA Grant Program

This law establishes the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program to provide grants for individuals in historically redlined neighborhoods and underrepresented communities who want to become real estate appraisers.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes the PAREA Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in specific communities.
  • Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer this program.
  • Aims to assist in closing appraisal gaps that occur in historically redlined neighborhoods and underrepresented communities.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Individuals interested in becoming real estate appraisers from historically redlined neighborhoods or underrepresented communities.
  • The Maryland Higher Education Commission, which will oversee the grant program.

Terms To Know

PAREA
Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program
Redlined neighborhoods
Areas in cities where banks refused to give loans, often based on race or ethnicity.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much funding will be available for the grants.
  • It is unclear what criteria individuals must meet to qualify for these grants.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-26 Post Passage

    Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744

  2. 2026-04-02 Senate

    Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment

  3. 2026-03-21 House

    Returned Passed

  4. 2026-03-18 Senate

    Third Reading Passed (39-7)

  5. 2026-03-16 House

    Favorable Report by Appropriations

  6. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Favorable Adopted

  7. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Second Reading Passed

  8. 2026-03-03 House

    Third Reading Passed (108-24)

  9. 2026-03-02 House

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

  10. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

  11. 2026-02-17 House

    Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.

  12. 2026-02-05 House

    First Reading Appropriations

  13. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established

  14. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - House - Committee - Appropriations

  15. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Third - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established

  16. Maryland General Assembly

    Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Energy, and the Environment

  17. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - Chapter - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established

Official Summary Text

Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in closing appraisal gaps that occur in historically redlined neighborhoods and underrepresented communities; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Program.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0919*

HOUSE BILL 919
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HB 607/25 – APP CF SB 657
By: Delegates Taylor, Addison, Amprey, Behler , Coley, Conaway, Crutchfield,
Davis, Fennell, Hill, Lewis, J. Long, Mireku –North, Pasteur, Phillips,
Roberson, Roberts, Ross, Ruff, Smith, Spiegel, Stinnett, Turner, Vogel,
White Holland, Woods, and Young
Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2026
Assigned to: Appropriations
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 2, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Maryland Higher Education Commission – Practical Applications of Real Estate 2
Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program – Established 3

FOR the purpose of establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal 4
(PAREA) Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of 5
becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; requiring the Maryland 6
Higher Education Commission to administer the Program; and generally relating to 7
the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program. 8

BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 18 –4201 and 18 –4202 to be under the new su btitle “Subtitle 42. PAREA 11
Grant Program” 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 14

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16

Article – Education 17

SUBTITLE 42. PAREA GRANT PROGRAM. 18
2 HOUSE BILL 919

18–4201. 1

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 2
INDICATED. 3

(B) “PAREA” MEANS THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF REAL ESTATE 4
APPRAISAL. 5

(C) “PROGRAM” MEANS THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF REAL ESTATE 6
APPRAISAL GRANT PROGRAM. 7

18–4202. 8

(A) THERE IS A PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL 9
GRANT PROGRAM IN THE COMMISSION. 10

(B) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO: 11

(1) ASSIST IN CLOSING APP RAISAL GAPS THAT OCC UR IN 12
HISTORICALLY REDLINE D NEIGHBO RHOODS AND UNDERREPR ESENTED 13
COMMUNITIES; 14

(2) AWARD GRANTS TO MINOR ITIES WHO RESIDE IN HISTORICALLY 15
REDLINED NEIGHBORHOODS AND UNDERREPRESEN TED COMMUNITIES WITH THE 16
GOAL OF PURSUING PAREA; AND 17

(3) DIVERSIFY THE APPRAISAL FIELD. 18

(C) THE COMMISSION SHALL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. 19

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 20
1, 2026. 21