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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Howard County - Transfer Tax Exemption and Rate Reduction - Teachers Ho. Co. 13-18"
+description: "Howard County - Transfer Tax Exemption and Rate Reduction - Teachers Ho. Co. 13-18"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 223"
+citation: "Maryland HB 223 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxes - Recordation and Transfer", "Exemptions", "Howard County", "Local Government Mandates", "Public Local Laws", "Real Property", "Teachers", "Transfer Tax"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-18"
+last_action: "2018-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf42b452-2aaa-48c1-b678-c2ea8415e110"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB223&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "467962e00496b1d2997cfa660d92289482f0be74526d3e9130a995f8144d54c4"
+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 HB 223 (2018) — Howard County - Transfer Tax Exemption and Rate Reduction - Teachers Ho. Co. 13-18
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0223f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-18** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-19** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {775868/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-27** Special Order until later this session (Delegate Walker) Adopted
+- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {775868/1 Ways and Means Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 138 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf42b452-2aaa-48c1-b678-c2ea8415e110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+