---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer"
description: "Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Maryland SB 61 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-09-16"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54e691b6-5eba-4e42-8e67-f1b7e9a6df73"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0061?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "de366db1b2f107a05467f1f0f03122d4547c050fccb9cb6517b7a8a83bf139a8"
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 61 (2023) — Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_559_sb0061t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0061f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0061t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-09-16** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54e691b6-5eba-4e42-8e67-f1b7e9a6df73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).