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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Property Tax Exemption and Payment in Lieu of Taxes - The Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc."
+description: "Property Tax Exemption and Payment in Lieu of Taxes - The Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 596"
+citation: "Maryland SB 596 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Washington County Senators"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-27"
+last_action: "2025-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12b23c2f-2bae-4f03-85be-b6d8b7bf8047"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0596?ys=2025RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "cf3e1320685a596f0ac40e1a81563c87d42cbc7e56497187057efb6aefaddfb1"
+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 SB 596 (2025) — Property Tax Exemption and Payment in Lieu of Taxes - The Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Property Tax Exemption and Payment in Lieu of Taxes - The Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_428_sb0596e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Property Tax Exemption and Payment in Lieu of Taxes - The Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0596e.pdf)
+3. **First - Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Economic Development Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0596f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Washington County - Property Tax - Multi-Use Facilities and Economic Development Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0596t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **134–1** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Washington County Senators — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-27** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-30** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-01-31** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-01-31** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-25** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
+- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m.
+- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
+- **2025-05-06** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 428 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12b23c2f-2bae-4f03-85be-b6d8b7bf8047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+