---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax - Homeowners' and Renters' Property Tax Credits - Deadlines"
description: "Property Tax - Homeowners' and Renters' Property Tax Credits - Deadlines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Maryland SB 48 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-09-16"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/220f0ee9-232e-463a-85a3-d15b10ac904f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0048?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8007fb7ed7ef25343d297fae7cf1463f688bafb2721e37e0136857e224132993"
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 48 (2020) — Property Tax - Homeowners' and Renters' Property Tax Credits - Deadlines

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax - Homeowners' and Renters' Property Tax Credits - Deadlines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_507_sb0048t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax - Homeowners' and Renters' Property Tax Credits - Deadlines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0048f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax - Homeowners' and Renters' Property Tax Credits - Deadlines** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0048t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Grammer /563621/1 — **36–91** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-19** Hearing 1/09 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-16** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-17** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-17** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-01-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-01-22** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-16** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Special Order until End Of This Calendar (Delegate Grammer) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Floor Amendment {
- **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 507 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/220f0ee9-232e-463a-85a3-d15b10ac904f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).