---
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: "SB 344"
citation: "Maryland SB 344 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c31a37ee-dca2-4ea4-ae0f-c0f3deb1a197"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0344?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "9ad0eda55ee1da5bfea7b351d3c1faa9d669f3d33ec0ef11e80becdda5316a7f"
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 344 (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_46_sb0344t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0344f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax - Agricultural Use Assessment - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0344t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **32–9** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **101–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Stein) Adopted
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 46 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c31a37ee-dca2-4ea4-ae0f-c0f3deb1a197`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).