---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kent County - Property Tax Credit - Commerce Zones"
description: "Kent County - Property Tax Credit - Commerce Zones"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "Maryland SB 389 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property - Local", "Commerce and Business", "Kent County", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62fab624-fd65-4989-9df3-5d70b46985c7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB389&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "e724f9583ec1ddfd2324ed8b096af25e8e703579e9636808e995a7854520cc76"
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 389 (2017) — Kent County - Property Tax Credit - Commerce Zones

## 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/sb/sb0389f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Favorable with Amendments {399436/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-06** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {585565/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 126 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62fab624-fd65-4989-9df3-5d70b46985c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).