---
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: "SB 802"
citation: "Maryland SB 802 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Arundel County Senators", "Reilly"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b228684-27bd-4fff-af50-379793b6a208"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0802?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "25a2ce626af25c5314041b0fc3943dcd4d1c1bdb1af1c0bca4d6cbf9c1c4a09e"
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 802 (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_635_sb0802t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax - Exemption - Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0802f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax - Exemption - Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0802t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **130–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Arundel County Senators — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/18 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-24** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Second Reading Passed
- **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.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 635 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b228684-27bd-4fff-af50-379793b6a208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).