---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Transfer Tax Exemption and Rate Reduction - Teachers Ho. Co. 13-18"
description: "Howard County - Transfer Tax Exemption and Rate Reduction - Teachers Ho. Co. 13-18"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Maryland HB 223 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Recordation and Transfer", "Exemptions", "Howard County", "Local Government Mandates", "Public Local Laws", "Real Property", "Teachers", "Transfer Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf42b452-2aaa-48c1-b678-c2ea8415e110"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB223&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "467962e00496b1d2997cfa660d92289482f0be74526d3e9130a995f8144d54c4"
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 223 (2018) — Howard County - Transfer Tax Exemption and Rate Reduction - Teachers Ho. Co. 13-18

## 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/hb0223f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {775868/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Special Order until later this session (Delegate Walker) Adopted
- **2018-02-27** Favorable with Amendments {775868/1 Ways and Means Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-01** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-26** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 138 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf42b452-2aaa-48c1-b678-c2ea8415e110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).