---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program"
description: "Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 320"
citation: "Maryland HB 320 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagnall", "Bartlett", "Behler", "Chang", "Chisholm", "D. Jones", "Howard", "Kipke", "Nkongolo", "Pruski", "Rogers", "Schmidt", "Simmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1723eb72-498e-442e-b132-2c5c59153098"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0320?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "49c2c3c437fce4e6d59bb325bb9bc064a6f379da4915c43c3d6c04ec1ab762cc"
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 320 (2026) — Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_620_hb0320t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0320f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Rural Legacy Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0320t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **128–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Nkongolo — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-24** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1723eb72-498e-442e-b132-2c5c59153098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).