---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax - Exemption - Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc."
description: "Property Tax - Exemption - Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 889"
citation: "Maryland HB 889 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Chang", "Howard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dbc0013-c53b-4b6a-a111-a5f9a1683098"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0889?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8a02b2fe7d2d67023a225dffeda431c592ce93c1963c49da3e63e1cbf87b0133"
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 889 (2020) — Property Tax - Exemption - Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax - Exemption - Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_634_hb0889t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax - Exemption - Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0889f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax - Exemption - Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0889t.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Howard — 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.
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Moon) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** 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 634 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dbc0013-c53b-4b6a-a111-a5f9a1683098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).