---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties and Municipalities - Land Bank Authorities"
description: "Counties and Municipalities - Land Bank Authorities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1168"
citation: "Maryland HB 1168 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties - Generally", "Abandoned Property", "Baltimore City", "Banks and Trust Companies", "Counties", "Exemptions", "Foreclosure", "Insurance", "Liens", "Municipal Corporations", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Real Property", "Sewage", "Tax Sales", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holmes and Angel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b678fd3e-700d-4efc-ab2d-a9d1b45d09c1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1168&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "7e0edb8c2f2e0ec019c65d6ff46bfe90b4889837414e9c95bd59161f32274ec2"
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 1168 (2017) — Counties and Municipalities - Land Bank Authorities

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb1168f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **141–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Holmes and Angel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Favorable with Amendments {710314/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (141-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {559536/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 618 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b678fd3e-700d-4efc-ab2d-a9d1b45d09c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).