---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore County – Property Tax – Credit for Homeowners Who Have Suffered a Hardship"
description: "Baltimore County – Property Tax – Credit for Homeowners Who Have Suffered a Hardship"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Maryland SB 349 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman", "Kelley", "Lam", "Salling", "Sydnor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc1e0c6a-24d2-4fcb-aac5-cb924bfdd0a5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0349?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "da57b25333a117cb03d8f4d69645d0208e4dac4bbb425c454b72e483d6392770"
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 349 (2022) — Baltimore County – Property Tax – Credit for Homeowners Who Have Suffered a Hardship

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore County – Property Tax – Credit for Homeowners Who Have Suffered a Hardship** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_101_sb0349t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore County – Property Tax – Credit for Homeowners Who Have Suffered a Hardship** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0349f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore County – Property Tax – Credit for Homeowners Who Have Suffered a Hardship** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0349t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Kelley — primary (person)
- Lam — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Sydnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Hearing 2/08 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc1e0c6a-24d2-4fcb-aac5-cb924bfdd0a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).