---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders"
description: "Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 947"
citation: "Maryland HB 947 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8708b72b-a262-45c0-ae5e-1d128a9a2fc8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0947?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d8aa47021d6cc2bd380ec54384d75996cd2f5c086e4f7a7c6e73a6375683f6e1"
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 947 (2023) — Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_599_hb0947t.pdf)
2. **First - Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0947f.pdf)
3. **Third - Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0947t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Charles County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8708b72b-a262-45c0-ae5e-1d128a9a2fc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).