---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax – Tax Sales – Requirement to Sell"
description: "Property Tax – Tax Sales – Requirement to Sell"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 57"
citation: "Maryland HB 57 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atterbeary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-11-17"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58278d43-918c-4f12-ba0e-8179646359f9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0057?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "7ceb897a2389c7680cbb0518c5aac0b21b4ef6b821ce60e1bf65e8ebda9d6605"
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 57 (2023) — Property Tax – Tax Sales – Requirement to Sell

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax – Tax Sales – Requirement to Sell** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_272_hb0057t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax – Tax Sales – Requirement to Sell** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0057f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax – Tax Sales – Requirement to Sell** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0057t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Atterbeary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-13** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 272 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58278d43-918c-4f12-ba0e-8179646359f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).