---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2021"
description: "Local Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "Maryland HB 319 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-10-01"
last_action: "2021-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f3eb4b0-e940-4886-bbc0-32a6574e8fa8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0319?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "749d9eaffffc677d7d8895bb70d256d84ca95efc8d4260f17e3b5c88650254b0"
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 319 (2021) — Local Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2021

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Local Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/Ch_23_hb0319e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Local Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0319e.pdf)
3. **First - Local Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0319f.pdf)
4. **Third - Local Tax Relief for Working Families Act of 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0319t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **97–40** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **94–37** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Mautz /713120/1 — **42–94** (fail) · lower
- Floor Amendment Simonaire /713323/1 — **19–27** (fail) · upper
- Floor Amendment Simonaire /113727/1 — **20–26** (fail) · upper
- FLA Del. Kipke /753429/1 — **48–88** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-01** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-12-22** Hearing canceled
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-22** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Mautz) Adopted
- **2021-02-25** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-25** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-02-25** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-26** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Motion Special Order until 4/2 (Senator Rosapepe) Adopted
- **2021-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-08** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-28** Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) `executive-veto`
- **2021-12-06** Motion Special Order vote on veto until next session (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-12-07** Became law per Maryland Constitution, Chapter 23 of 2021 Special Session `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f3eb4b0-e940-4886-bbc0-32a6574e8fa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).