---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charles County - Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts"
description: "Charles County - Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 431"
citation: "Maryland SB 431 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles County Senators"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da14986-108a-43bb-86d9-7cba6f0c78c9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0431?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8255b36763ae7716fc67b82547e5088437c1b9b65c66e45b0d795ab6298a90a9"
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 SB 431 (2020) — Charles County - Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Charles County - Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_174_sb0431e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Charles County - Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0431e.pdf)
3. **First - Charles County - Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0431f.pdf)
4. **Third - Charles County - Tax Increment Financing and Special Taxing Districts** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0431t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Amend) — **131–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-10** Hearing canceled
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate D. Barnes) Adopted
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 174 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9da14986-108a-43bb-86d9-7cba6f0c78c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).