---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans"
description: "Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "Maryland HB 54 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary", "Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-07"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/975c9568-2168-40c0-8b19-55546796f1a5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0054?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d720ce47fb2dc75cd5573f0fd12ead7cdf4c80bf29dec8d7b3be45fb816e6625"
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 54 (2024) — Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_771_hb0054e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0054e.pdf)
3. **First - Property Tax - Transfer to Heir - Payment Plans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0054f.pdf)
4. **Third - Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0054t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-07** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/26 at 12:00 p.m.
- **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
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 771 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/975c9568-2168-40c0-8b19-55546796f1a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).