---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Tax Sales - Water Liens"
description: "Baltimore City - Tax Sales - Water Liens"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 1098"
citation: "Maryland SB 1098 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property", "Baltimore City", "Liens", "Property Tax", "Public Works", "Real Property", "Reports", "Sewage", "Sunset", "Tax Sales", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a605d71f-7444-468d-a4a5-6474f5faa46e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB1098&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "822754b98cc09ce31144ae085ccc595f2d7db30687eb55eabf2091a6efcba275"
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 1098 (2018) — Baltimore City - Tax Sales - Water Liens

## 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/2018RS/bills/sb/sb1098e.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with amendments adp - ON 2ND RDG — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {989230/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Floor Amendment {673320/1 (Senator Robinson) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (44-1) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Hearing 4/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable with Amendments {695769/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Kipke) Adopted (138-1)
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (139-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a605d71f-7444-468d-a4a5-6474f5faa46e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).