---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial In Rem Tax Foreclosure - Notice Requirements"
description: "Judicial In Rem Tax Foreclosure - Notice Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 819"
citation: "Maryland SB 819 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/badf2891-6c9c-4974-9cd8-fcf27a7f1be9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0819?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b6628924fe83d484272c1eb5d9fb819658f895d4cb7899c18d6d5faf0b0240bf"
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 819 (2026) — Judicial In Rem Tax Foreclosure - Notice Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Judicial In Rem Tax Foreclosure - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_739_sb0819t.pdf)
2. **First - Judicial In Rem Tax Foreclosure - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0819f.pdf)
3. **Third - Judicial In Rem Tax Foreclosure - Notice Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0819t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/24 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** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 739 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/badf2891-6c9c-4974-9cd8-fcf27a7f1be9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).