---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recordation and Transfer Tax - Principal Residence Surrendered in Bankruptcy - Exemption"
description: "Recordation and Transfer Tax - Principal Residence Surrendered in Bankruptcy - Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 469"
citation: "Maryland HB 469 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Recordation and Transfer", "Bankruptcy", "Exemptions", "Real Property", "Recordation", "Transfer Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sydnor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ccf1aae-d8dd-416a-a79a-951adfd69959"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB469&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "e120cc9c32eea638fcc1fe24983da9688d976d7248b2639507d8727246dabbef"
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 469 (2017) — Recordation and Transfer Tax - Principal Residence Surrendered in Bankruptcy - Exemption

## 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/hb0469f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-20** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-20** Third Reading Passed (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2017-03-27** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-07** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 538 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ccf1aae-d8dd-416a-a79a-951adfd69959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).