---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Estate Tax - Portability"
description: "Maryland Estate Tax - Portability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 219"
citation: "Maryland HB 219 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e85f8a29-5aae-4e3f-8ebe-96fa0fd784bb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0219?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a50e5a9e42fa4066732873acc95a573bfde5461b6cb62bb7ea02ecbcd312408d"
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 219 (2020) — Maryland Estate Tax - Portability

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Maryland Estate Tax - Portability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_111_hb0219t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Estate Tax - Portability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0219f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Estate Tax - Portability** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0219t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Chair, Ways and Means Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 111 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e85f8a29-5aae-4e3f-8ebe-96fa0fd784bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).