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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Taxes – Whistleblower Reward Program and Statute of Limitations for Tax Collections"
+description: "Taxes – Whistleblower Reward Program and Statute of Limitations for Tax Collections"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 804"
+citation: "Maryland HB 804 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-29"
+last_action: "2021-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1c5805c-7313-45bf-976a-e0d791202881"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0804?ys=2021RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "1c62016ccd6c747e33610784c47dc18d224893f7db0dbc79f31f11f48f05874b"
+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 804 (2021) — Taxes – Whistleblower Reward Program and Statute of Limitations for Tax Collections
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Taxes – Whistleblower Reward Program and Statute of Limitations for Tax Collections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_515_hb0804t.pdf)
+2. **First - Taxes – Whistleblower Reward Program and Statute of Limitations for Tax Collections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0804f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Taxes – Whistleblower Reward Program and Statute of Limitations for Tax Collections** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0804t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **96–39** (pass) · lower
+- FLA Del. Adams /383629/1 — **39–91** (fail) · lower
+- FLA Del. Mautz /463128/1 — **43–86** (fail) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-29** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-19** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Adams) Adopted
+- **2021-03-20** Floor Committee Amendment {
+- **2021-03-20** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-20** Floor Amendment {
+- **2021-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2021-03-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-03-22** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed
+- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
+- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 515 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1c5805c-7313-45bf-976a-e0d791202881`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+