---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's County - Transfer Tax - Sunset Extension"
description: "St. Mary's County - Transfer Tax - Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Maryland HB 247 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["St. Mary's County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9d693a1-a71f-4be1-8f15-0d933fe855c0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0247?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2e3e521b706e5289e2008a9f8d4eb0035343ad718a8dc33230753b3d49959950"
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 247 (2023) — St. Mary's County - Transfer Tax - Sunset Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - St. Mary's County - Transfer Tax - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_427_hb0247t.pdf)
2. **First - St. Mary's County - Transfer Tax - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0247f.pdf)
3. **Third - St. Mary's County - Transfer Tax - Sunset Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0247t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- St. Mary's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9d693a1-a71f-4be1-8f15-0d933fe855c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).