---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the Comptroller - Taxpayer Advocate Division"
description: "Office of the Comptroller - Taxpayer Advocate Division"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 707"
citation: "Maryland HB 707 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Office of the Comptroller", "Speaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65b6714a-5bcd-438c-84c3-a76a3322bb44"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0707?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6ead098e3b945487663e788815d879eea6f8371cfb2f0061fa536d67cfcf7229"
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 707 (2023) — Office of the Comptroller - Taxpayer Advocate Division

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Office of the Comptroller - Taxpayer Advocate Division** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_443_hb0707t.pdf)
2. **First - Office of the Comptroller - Taxpayer Advocate Division** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0707f.pdf)
3. **Third - Office of the Comptroller - Taxpayer Advocate Division** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0707t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Office of the Comptroller — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** First Reading Appropriations and Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `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`
- **2023-04-07** 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
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65b6714a-5bcd-438c-84c3-a76a3322bb44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).