---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Property - Allegany County - Transfer of Property on Assessment Books"
description: "Real Property - Allegany County - Transfer of Property on Assessment Books"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 678"
citation: "Maryland HB 678 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allegany County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b822f970-9ace-46cd-a087-c88621220177"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0678?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "013f97416baa540eb86ec7bbb89d9c26d475a6b2172b070b31c117dcba258af3"
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 678 (2020) — Real Property - Allegany County - Transfer of Property on Assessment Books

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Real Property - Allegany County - Transfer of Property on Assessment Books** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_301_hb0678t.pdf)
2. **First - Real Property - Allegany County - Transfer of Property on Assessment Books** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0678f.pdf)
3. **Third - Real Property - Allegany County - Transfer of Property on Assessment Books** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0678t.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 678 HB 858 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allegany County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 301 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b822f970-9ace-46cd-a087-c88621220177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).