---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program"
description: "Property Tax - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 852"
citation: "Maryland HB 852 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaiser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1edab1a-bd2d-4a5b-8620-dc1ad51e86e9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0852?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3a729f09311c52f517bf92452476c0f147a2f4ae34e408f5e044fd3a6f71c37f"
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 852 (2021) — Property Tax - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_382_hb0852e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Property Tax - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0852e.pdf)
3. **First - Property Tax - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0852f.pdf)
4. **Third - Property Tax - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0852t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kaiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 382 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1edab1a-bd2d-4a5b-8620-dc1ad51e86e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).