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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member"
+description: "Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 842"
+citation: "Maryland HB 842 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Allen", "Arentz", "Behler", "Boafo", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Ciliberti", "Crutchfield", "D. Jones", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Howard", "McComas", "Miller", "Odom", "Pruski", "Reilly", "Rogers", "Rose", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Stinnett", "T. Morgan", "Tomlinson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201755b4-1086-4865-a378-ff1da8be4815"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0842?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "db6d915e53179113d85cadda7d0fca62b06c15dc6eb151e1d58dcbe82536bf60"
+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 842 (2026) — Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_647_hb0842t.pdf)
+2. **First - Property Tax Exemption - Property Acquired by Surviving Spouse of Service Member - Repeal of Time Limitation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0842f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0842t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Johnson — primary (person)
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Arentz — primary (person)
+- Behler — primary (person)
+- Boafo — primary (person)
+- Buckel — primary (person)
+- Cardin — primary (person)
+- Ciliberti — primary (person)
+- Crutchfield — primary (person)
+- D. Jones — primary (person)
+- Griffith — primary (person)
+- Hartman — primary (person)
+- Hornberger — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Odom — primary (person)
+- Pruski — primary (person)
+- Reilly — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
+- Schmidt — primary (person)
+- Stinnett — primary (person)
+- T. Morgan — primary (person)
+- Tomlinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
+- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/201755b4-1086-4865-a378-ff1da8be4815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+