---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary’s County – Repeal of Impact Fee – Authorization of Building Excise Tax"
description: "St. Mary’s County – Repeal of Impact Fee – Authorization of Building Excise Tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 528"
citation: "Maryland HB 528 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2fdf5c0-5aad-41c9-b82d-78d797e5fac6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0528?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "07ad2a07a0db42a6a54f1d72db3e9b0effa3ce905e400eed9b3108bc8b2c89c4"
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 528 (2021) — St. Mary’s County – Repeal of Impact Fee – Authorization of Building Excise Tax

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary’s County – Repeal of Impact Fee – Authorization of Building Excise Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_589_hb0528t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary’s County – Repeal of Impact Fee – Authorization of Building Excise Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0528f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary’s County – Repeal of Impact Fee – Authorization of Building Excise Tax** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0528t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **122–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-26** Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** 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
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 589 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2fdf5c0-5aad-41c9-b82d-78d797e5fac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).