---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Legacy Protection Program, and Tax Credits"
description: "Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Legacy Protection Program, and Tax Credits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 765"
citation: "Maryland SB 765 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Hettleman", "McCray", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c36c5a58-a3fe-43f5-9774-3bbfd83d3478"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0765?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "19975725f18104e5f0640b962b47e41ab2dfdb8e604ccefe5b6709569eb684c8"
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 765 (2026) — Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Legacy Protection Program, and Tax Credits

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Legacy Protection Program, and Tax Credits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_719_sb0765e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Legacy Protection Program, and Tax Credits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0765e.pdf)
3. **First - Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Heirs Protection Program, and Tax Credits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0765f.pdf)
4. **Third - Property Taxes - Tax Sales, Legacy Protection Program, and Tax Credits** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0765t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **101–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c36c5a58-a3fe-43f5-9774-3bbfd83d3478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).