---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program - Funding"
description: "Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Maryland HB 16 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaiser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-13"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ccf896e-507d-4408-aee4-82a5fda06294"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0016?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cc80a375676cbd798790ca0a2d3a15ac522fbd3cc7d09dfa8631dfd7cb3f9a48"
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 16 (2024) — Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_856_hb0016e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0016e.pdf)
3. **First - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0016f.pdf)
4. **Third - Tax Sales - Homeowner Protection Program - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0016t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **31–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **125–10** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **104–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kaiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-13** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-19** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 856 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ccf896e-507d-4408-aee4-82a5fda06294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).