---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Exemption - Disabled Veteran, Active Duty, and Surviving Spouse - Application Process"
description: "Property Tax Exemption - Disabled Veteran, Active Duty, and Surviving Spouse - Application Process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 809"
citation: "Maryland HB 809 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Brooks", "Carey", "Chisholm", "Crosby", "Ghrist", "Hartman", "Howard", "Jackson", "Kipke", "M. Fisher", "Mautz", "P. Young", "Pippy", "Rogers", "Szeliga", "Thiam", "Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7336f6c7-5db1-4d1c-b673-c0fdae01ae31"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0809?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a2b25b054c79ba89180b4415cde1db0978489a7346897db6fbc11148a45f86ad"
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 809 (2022) — Property Tax Exemption - Disabled Veteran, Active Duty, and Surviving Spouse - Application Process

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax Exemption - Disabled Veteran, Active Duty, and Surviving Spouse - Application Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_195_hb0809e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Property Tax Exemption - Disabled Veteran, Active Duty, and Surviving Spouse - Application Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0809e.pdf)
3. **First - Property Tax Exemption - Disabled Veteran, Active Duty, and Surviving Spouse - Application Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0809f.pdf)
4. **Third - Property Tax Exemption - Disabled Veteran, Active Duty, and Surviving Spouse - Application Process** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0809t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Carey — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- M. Fisher — primary (person)
- Mautz — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Thiam — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2022-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-04-21** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7336f6c7-5db1-4d1c-b673-c0fdae01ae31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).