---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax – Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit – Calculation and Refunds"
description: "Property Tax – Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit – Calculation and Refunds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Maryland HB 158 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Belcastro", "Carr", "Cox", "Crutchfield", "D. Jones", "Henson", "Hornberger", "Jackson", "Johnson", "Kerr", "Krimm", "Lierman", "McComas", "Palakovich Carr", "R. Lewis", "Saab", "Solomon", "Terrasa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-10-12"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c92c16a-a532-4801-949f-0419885786b8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0158?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "db698fdbe2f306a34a57d5163a1e32a8a833ad27f50a82907ef5e58eba9e2181"
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 158 (2021) — Property Tax – Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit – Calculation and Refunds

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax – Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit – Calculation and Refunds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_717_hb0158t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax – Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit – Calculation and Refunds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0158f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax – Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit – Calculation and Refunds** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0158t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Belcastro — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Cox — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Krimm — primary (person)
- Lierman — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-12** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 717 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c92c16a-a532-4801-949f-0419885786b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).