---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption"
description: "State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 815"
citation: "Maryland HB 815 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shoemaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a5d39a9-8c2c-431d-8066-8d440355c4de"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0815?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e6da858a4b941626ec9e310e09d611896b91bcd6326fd72ccc519b98c47ef99a"
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 815 (2021) — State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_609_hb0815t.pdf)
2. **First - State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0815f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0815t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shoemaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Environment and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Reassigned to Ways and Means
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-01** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `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.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 609 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a5d39a9-8c2c-431d-8066-8d440355c4de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).