---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems"
description: "Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 734"
citation: "Maryland HB 734 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ce676f-c4bf-4503-b5b3-60875472811f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0734?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "457b5f3af0013cc2e15d1c47a31f98368d46143a137e594724c97de6c98a4d1c"
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 734 (2026) — Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_45_hb0734t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0734f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0734t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–27** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 45 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0ce676f-c4bf-4503-b5b3-60875472811f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).