---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Tax Sales - Auctioneer Expenses"
description: "St. Mary's County - Tax Sales - Auctioneer Expenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 522"
citation: "Maryland HB 522 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89e7f9fb-a38b-4e5f-8d6f-8a7669db07f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0522?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a2f634f4b7791de7045580b3dd272aafdd8616b5f1213f3de35073afb1b9cca4"
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 522 (2022) — St. Mary's County - Tax Sales - Auctioneer Expenses

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Tax Sales - Auctioneer Expenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_597_hb0522t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Tax Sales - Auctioneer Expenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0522f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Tax Sales - Auctioneer Expenses** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0522t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 597 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89e7f9fb-a38b-4e5f-8d6f-8a7669db07f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).