---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax – Credit for Surviving Spouses of Fallen Service Members"
description: "Property Tax – Credit for Surviving Spouses of Fallen Service Members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "Maryland HB 617 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Jalisi", "Johnson", "Lisanti", "Reilly", "Saab", "Walker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0530f451-5adc-4969-a1aa-066505d05baa"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0617?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "97b3cac8680f04088ef09d8f52f5f76ed0e601e1c78da9ca355e23db84d27e0a"
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 617 (2022) — Property Tax – Credit for Surviving Spouses of Fallen Service Members

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax – Credit for Surviving Spouses of Fallen Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_165_hb0617e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Property Tax – Credit for Surviving Spouses of Fallen Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0617e.pdf)
3. **First - Property Tax – Credit for Surviving Spouses of Fallen Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0617f.pdf)
4. **Third - Property Tax – Credit for Surviving Spouses of Fallen Service Members** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0617t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Jalisi — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lisanti — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Saab — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-19** 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 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0530f451-5adc-4969-a1aa-066505d05baa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).