---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bureau of Revenue Estimates - Tax Incidence Study - Scope and Intergovernmental Assistance"
description: "Bureau of Revenue Estimates - Tax Incidence Study - Scope and Intergovernmental Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 712"
citation: "Maryland HB 712 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66ec43e2-c21e-4836-ada9-3ddf45fbb572"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0712?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "591b8702f20ffd3e8f59c964c3e769b5705faa96094dfb8042b9cab99630b286"
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 712 (2021) — Bureau of Revenue Estimates - Tax Incidence Study - Scope and Intergovernmental Assistance

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Bureau of Revenue Estimates - Tax Incidence Study - Scope and Intergovernmental Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_516_hb0712t.pdf)
2. **First - Bureau of Revenue Estimates - Tax Incidence Study - Scope** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0712f.pdf)
3. **Third - Bureau of Revenue Estimates - Tax Incidence Study - Scope and Intergovernmental Assistance** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0712t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing 2/11 at 1:30 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-09** 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 516 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66ec43e2-c21e-4836-ada9-3ddf45fbb572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).