---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Credit - Elderly Individuals - Eligibility"
description: "Property Tax Credit - Elderly Individuals - Eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1339"
citation: "Maryland HB 1339 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property", "Baltimore City", "Counties", "Elderly Persons", "Municipal Corporations", "Property Tax", "Residency", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guyton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b4a880c-fadb-451c-a3f4-589c05ff54c8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1339&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "dad42aa79c32e7922726f161db8fc6a122d12367951d0225f3e85c1e4a584e02"
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 1339 (2019) — Property Tax Credit - Elderly Individuals - Eligibility

## 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1339f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guyton — primary (person)
- Bhandari — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2019-04-04** Hearing 4/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {765862/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-06** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 332 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b4a880c-fadb-451c-a3f4-589c05ff54c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).