---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Repeal of Repayment Requirement"
description: "Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Repeal of Repayment Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Maryland HB 497 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/183fdae4-0c19-4082-b408-3821a2807e24"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0497?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "df17a04d13447c428092f2ff88608296a5f9482140821f81f2dab191c6f13641"
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 497 (2021) — Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Repeal of Repayment Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Repeal of Repayment Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_95_hb0497t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Repeal of Repayment Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0497f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Repeal of Repayment Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0497t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing 2/02 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/183fdae4-0c19-4082-b408-3821a2807e24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).