---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax – Credit for Disabled Veterans"
description: "Property Tax – Credit for Disabled Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "Maryland HB 257 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crosby", "Howard", "Kaiser", "P. Young", "Rogers", "Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2371564f-a447-4dd0-95c8-ceb0ab0cb8eb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0257?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b24249a28fcbccd86fbb8e4ec2a89bbc5eb804725112441402807db11a42ccb2"
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 257 (2020) — Property Tax – Credit for Disabled Veterans

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax – Credit for Disabled Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_629_hb0257e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Property Tax – Credit for Disabled Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0257e.pdf)
3. **First - Property Tax - Credit for Disabled Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0257f.pdf)
4. **Third - Property Tax Credit – Disabled Military Personnel and Surviving Spouses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0257t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crosby — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-21** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-21** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 629 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2371564f-a447-4dd0-95c8-ceb0ab0cb8eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).