---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Application Period"
description: "Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Application Period"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Maryland HB 449 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd8cd458-a9a8-4679-899a-6a3d4f8876ff"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0449?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8ffbcf6f58052799bdf486a690f292c1b5567301d130bb3e4d8ba23e7de5950b"
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 449 (2022) — Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Application Period

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Application Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_329_hb0449t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Application Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0449f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax - Renters' Property Tax Relief Program - Application Period** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0449t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-14** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd8cd458-a9a8-4679-899a-6a3d4f8876ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).