---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baltimore City - Property Tax - Retroactive Exemption"
description: "Baltimore City - Property Tax - Retroactive Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "Maryland HB 249 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135a9fc4-a1a3-4252-9cb8-58d265564e77"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0249?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c8a6361d9028f6c4cce12e7c63756acebd661f21c04b03869b212bd44e1c7cab"
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 249 (2023) — Baltimore City - Property Tax - Retroactive Exemption

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Baltimore City - Property Tax - Retroactive Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_229_hb0249t.pdf)
2. **First - Baltimore City - Property Tax - Retroactive Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0249f.pdf)
3. **Third - Baltimore City - Property Tax - Retroactive Exemption** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0249t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Young — 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 with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 229 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/135a9fc4-a1a3-4252-9cb8-58d265564e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).