---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Impose on Vacant and Abandoned Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations"
description: "Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Impose on Vacant and Abandoned Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 550"
citation: "Maryland SB 550 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes", "McCray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ad4326d-cb67-4266-a6db-b08ac8f62ac8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0550?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8a720372264a38693ba72ae399d759be489e6452df15ae1a7918e3a51ecc6a21"
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 550 (2025) — Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Impose on Vacant and Abandoned Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Impose on Vacant and Abandoned Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_170_sb0550e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Impose on Vacant and Abandoned Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0550e.pdf)
3. **First - Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Establish a Subclass and Special Rate for Property No Longer Used for Nonprofit Purposes** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0550f.pdf)
4. **Third - Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Establish a Subclass and Special Rate for Vacant Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0550t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **128–8** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-31** Hearing canceled
- **2025-01-31** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-25** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-04-22** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ad4326d-cb67-4266-a6db-b08ac8f62ac8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).