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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program"
+description: "Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 851"
+citation: "Maryland SB 851 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Senators"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e353579-fa9e-410e-9db8-bafa3e24e0d1"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0851?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "68a6f26257dc32eed7a8dd11b35a52396ecb3e127154bb351485893799629ef2"
+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 851 (2026) — Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_619_sb0851t.pdf)
+2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0851f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0851t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anne Arundel County Senators — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-13** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-13** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-18** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
+- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 619 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e353579-fa9e-410e-9db8-bafa3e24e0d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+