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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase"
+description: "Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 505"
+citation: "Maryland HB 505 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Grammer", "Metzgar", "P. Young"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-24"
+last_action: "2020-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58df5a2a-8955-4881-96b6-1cb81e29f630"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0505?ys=2020RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "8d5016369cde22aa4ece1fe18f792b794ea45b52b89b0fda7b76e9633d2de901"
+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 505 (2020) — Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_226_hb0505t.pdf)
+2. **First - Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0505f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0505t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Grammer — primary (person)
+- Metzgar — primary (person)
+- P. Young — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-24** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-15** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16** Reassigned to Budget and Taxation
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-16** Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Smith) Adopted
+- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
+- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
+- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 226 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58df5a2a-8955-4881-96b6-1cb81e29f630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+