---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Agrivoltaics"
description: "Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Agrivoltaics"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 860"
citation: "Maryland SB 860 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b55a171-6527-4b7e-b77b-b6fd7176f814"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0860?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1587f8ddda64e57d719973b86048051d649283a6fc3f631b9c9fced31eb7d810"
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 860 (2022) — Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Agrivoltaics

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Agrivoltaics** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_659_sb0860e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Agrivoltaics** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0860e.pdf)
3. **First - Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems - Agrivoltaics** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0860f.pdf)
4. **Third - Solar Energy - School Construction and Community Solar Energy Generating Systems** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0860t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **33–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **111–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2022-03-30** Motion Special Order until 3/31 (Senator West) Adopted
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator West) Adopted
- **2022-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Referred Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Rereferred to Ways and Means
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Passed Enrolled
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 659 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b55a171-6527-4b7e-b77b-b6fd7176f814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).