---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Individuals at Least 70 Years Old"
description: "Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Individuals at Least 70 Years Old"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 599"
citation: "Maryland SB 599 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property - Local", "Assessments and Taxation", "Department of", "Baltimore County", "Elderly Persons", "Local Government Mandates", "Property Tax", "Residency", "Rules and Regulations", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan-Pulliam"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1f0028c-13d9-4333-9aaf-b27d6fe7d1e5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB599&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "70d72e0e02cf7a9e925e095d7e470f8bebbe3e0cb972867ff4180eabab325534"
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 599 (2018) — Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Individuals at Least 70 Years Old

## 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/sb0599f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nathan-Pulliam — primary (person)
- Brochin — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Salling — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {239737/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1f0028c-13d9-4333-9aaf-b27d6fe7d1e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).