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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property"
+description: "Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 2"
+citation: "Maryland HB 2 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Clippinger", "Conaway", "R. Lewis"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-10-03"
+last_action: "2024-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254e8d9d-45ed-404d-a1ad-876797af939c"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0002?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "b554d658037d6b27f58f3c59814cf58ff3e599cdacfabc9030c0ef7f5c682ca3"
+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 2 (2024) — Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_277_hb0002e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0002e.pdf)
+3. **First - Baltimore City - Property Taxes - Authority to Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0002f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0002t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **103–32** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **103–34** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boyce — primary (person)
+- Clippinger — primary (person)
+- Conaway — primary (person)
+- R. Lewis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-10-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
+- **2024-01-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
+- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 277 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/254e8d9d-45ed-404d-a1ad-876797af939c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+