---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeowners' and Homestead Property Tax Credits - Eligibility and Access"
description: "Homeowners' and Homestead Property Tax Credits - Eligibility and Access"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 610"
citation: "Maryland HB 610 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e3a3de5-9178-4f53-bc63-af754edb9117"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0610?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "5f9bfdce1558d3fb9fdeb41747ca75a6d3d0d8d4eb4327e90db53e447400bc60"
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 610 (2021) — Homeowners' and Homestead Property Tax Credits - Eligibility and Access

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Homeowners' and Homestead Property Tax Credits - Eligibility and Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_333_hb0610e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Homeowners' and Homestead Property Tax Credits - Eligibility and Access** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0610e.pdf)
3. **First - Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Transfer of Dwelling to Surviving Family Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0610f.pdf)
4. **Third - Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Eligibility of Surviving Family Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0610t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/02 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** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 333 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e3a3de5-9178-4f53-bc63-af754edb9117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).