---
type: "Bill"
title: "Calvert County - Hotel Rental Tax - Distribution of Revenue"
description: "Calvert County - Hotel Rental Tax - Distribution of Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 842"
citation: "Maryland HB 842 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvert County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a162d488-2488-4737-aa06-460b728a296e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0842?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fb794d47130c96e427724fbecb6f15db2c4bc789602fb730505b89612fb13cd2"
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 842 (2022) — Calvert County - Hotel Rental Tax - Distribution of Revenue

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Calvert County - Hotel Rental Tax - Distribution of Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_604_hb0842t.pdf)
2. **First - Calvert County - Hotel Rental Tax - Distribution of Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0842f.pdf)
3. **Third - Calvert County - Hotel Rental Tax - Distribution of Revenue** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0842t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvert County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** 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 604 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a162d488-2488-4737-aa06-460b728a296e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).