---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Alterations MC 7-20"
description: "Montgomery County - Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Alterations MC 7-20"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 848"
citation: "Maryland HB 848 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/078c1784-671d-4132-a465-61beaac8e2f0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0848?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2eabcae8c2d30ef032a83835478e45af80260d3a7667fa1bfc4a387e9d53f504"
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 848 (2020) — Montgomery County - Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Alterations MC 7-20

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Montgomery County - Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Alterations MC 7-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_342_hb0848t.pdf)
2. **First - Montgomery County - Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Alterations MC 7-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0848f.pdf)
3. **Third - Montgomery County - Agricultural Land Transfer Tax - Alterations MC 7-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0848t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** 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 342 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/078c1784-671d-4132-a465-61beaac8e2f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).