---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Real Property Assessments and Appeals"
description: "State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Real Property Assessments and Appeals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Maryland SB 247 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/678c80d5-5955-4a03-bdac-abc618b43d42"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0247?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "57e7ae817742505ec14bbae23aecfbf7c01b365895960543d1a4175cd9cc0e84"
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 SB 247 (2022) — State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Real Property Assessments and Appeals

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Real Property Assessments and Appeals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_645_sb0247e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Real Property Assessments and Appeals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0247e.pdf)
3. **First - State Department of Assessments and Taxation – Real Property Assessments and Appeals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0247f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Real Property Assessments and Appeals** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0247t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **95–42** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-17** Hearing 1/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2022-01-21** Hearing canceled
- **2022-01-21** Hearing 1/25 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-18** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-19** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-29** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-29** Hearing 3/29 at 2:45 p.m.
- **2022-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `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`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 645 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/678c80d5-5955-4a03-bdac-abc618b43d42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).