---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Credit – Surviving Spouse of Veteran"
description: "Property Tax Credit – Surviving Spouse of Veteran"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 429"
citation: "Maryland SB 429 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property", "Property Tax", "Spouses", "Tax Credits", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d948b601-3a7c-46f7-81b3-9e977a1d8f50"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB429&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "a9b6ed3b86add4c280cd4d4c17f0a7032f1ef3cc9b7ad2b7691c4d7e5deaa3de"
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 429 (2018) — Property Tax Credit – Surviving Spouse of Veteran

## 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/sb0429f.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Cassilly — cosponsor (person)
- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Ready — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {789534/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable with Amendments {745567/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2018-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 310 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d948b601-3a7c-46f7-81b3-9e977a1d8f50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).