---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Transfer Tax - Collection by Director of Finance Ho. Co. 30-19"
description: "Howard County - Transfer Tax - Collection by Director of Finance Ho. Co. 30-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1405"
citation: "Maryland HB 1405 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Recordation and Transfer", "Circuit Courts", "Clerks of Court", "Howard County", "Land Records", "Public Officials", "Transfer Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd04b56f-92d8-4679-aafb-364491392488"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1405&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "de513b18c17c62351568aea1c377960892052aa86da8245b563da3663daac2da"
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 1405 (2019) — Howard County - Transfer Tax - Collection by Director of Finance Ho. Co. 30-19

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1405f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Howard County Delegation — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2019-03-14** Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-04** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 311 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd04b56f-92d8-4679-aafb-364491392488`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).