---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington County - Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Minimum Percentage of Disability"
description: "Washington County - Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Minimum Percentage of Disability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "Maryland HB 1147 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property - Local", "Disabilities", "Property Tax", "Spouses", "Tax Credits", "Veterans", "Washington County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wivell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4100dc24-9abd-44a2-80f4-3277d24088d6"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1147&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "70f34c04750514e39d75d76795a87735db3dd9f677c2accfde3ccd777e3a0f08"
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 1147 (2018) — Washington County - Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Minimum Percentage of Disability

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1147f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wivell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-08** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-16** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-16** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4100dc24-9abd-44a2-80f4-3277d24088d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).