---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase"
description: "Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 505"
citation: "Maryland HB 505 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Grammer", "Metzgar", "P. Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58df5a2a-8955-4881-96b6-1cb81e29f630"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0505?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8d5016369cde22aa4ece1fe18f792b794ea45b52b89b0fda7b76e9633d2de901"
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 505 (2020) — Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_226_hb0505t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0505f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County - Property Tax - Credit for Seniors to Offset Property Tax Rate Increase** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0505t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Grammer — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Reassigned to Budget and Taxation
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Motion Special Order until 3/17 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 226 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58df5a2a-8955-4881-96b6-1cb81e29f630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).