---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax - Exemptions - Nonprofit Charitable Museums"
description: "Property Tax - Exemptions - Nonprofit Charitable Museums"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Maryland SB 296 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property", "Exemptions", "Museums", "Nonprofit Organizations", "Property Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King and Feldman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c169951e-9fe0-4761-a619-6c9be25fcb12"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB296&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "15581ac0c0d68d767ee7583ddc7100d48c4e654c17e01a8724ae120608157ee3"
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 296 (2019) — Property Tax - Exemptions - Nonprofit Charitable Museums

## 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/sb/sb0296f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **120–15** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King and Feldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-04** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading Passed (120-15) `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c169951e-9fe0-4761-a619-6c9be25fcb12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).