---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property"
description: "Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Maryland HB 2 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyce", "Clippinger", "Conaway", "R. Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-03"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254e8d9d-45ed-404d-a1ad-876797af939c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0002?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b554d658037d6b27f58f3c59814cf58ff3e599cdacfabc9030c0ef7f5c682ca3"
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 2 (2024) — Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_277_hb0002e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0002e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City - Property Taxes - Authority to Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0002f.pdf)
4. **Third - Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0002t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **103–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **103–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyce — primary (person)
- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-03** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Hearing 1/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 277 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/254e8d9d-45ed-404d-a1ad-876797af939c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).