---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historic Revitalization Tax Credit – Transferability (Historic Revitalization Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2020)"
description: "Historic Revitalization Tax Credit – Transferability (Historic Revitalization Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2020)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 862"
citation: "Maryland HB 862 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel", "Lierman", "Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6501e9be-4439-49ad-9218-8537e2c4844c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0862?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "47eab8aa1d270bac8386bc3bb549dcc17c1b9c3723525994ff4f00b15df32988"
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 862 (2020) — Historic Revitalization Tax Credit – Transferability (Historic Revitalization Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2020)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Historic Revitalization Tax Credit – Transferability (Historic Revitalization Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_633_hb0862t.pdf)
2. **First - Historic Revitalization Tax Credit - Transferability, Funding, and Extension (Historic Revitalization Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0862f.pdf)
3. **Third - Historic Revitalization Tax Credit – Transferability (Historic Revitalization Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0862t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** 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 633 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6501e9be-4439-49ad-9218-8537e2c4844c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).