---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eastern Shore Code Counties - Maximum Hotel Rental Tax Rate - Alteration"
description: "Eastern Shore Code Counties - Maximum Hotel Rental Tax Rate - Alteration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 186"
citation: "Maryland HB 186 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hartman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-17"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53dd456f-4b8e-4f43-b1bb-7f03891d1c06"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0186?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2930193121c46d2f6cf3d6cef5d280c1670dc5beb5abf9567d79c4cf32788e8f"
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 186 (2024) — Eastern Shore Code Counties - Maximum Hotel Rental Tax Rate - Alteration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Eastern Shore Code Counties - Maximum Hotel Rental Tax Rate - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_894_hb0186t.pdf)
2. **First - Eastern Shore Code Counties - Maximum Hotel Rental Tax Rate - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0186f.pdf)
3. **Third - Eastern Shore Code Counties - Maximum Hotel Rental Tax Rate - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0186t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **116–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 2/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 894 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53dd456f-4b8e-4f43-b1bb-7f03891d1c06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).