---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Qualified Homeowner - Application and Certification Requirements"
description: "Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Qualified Homeowner - Application and Certification Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 897"
citation: "Maryland HB 897 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Henson", "Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f938e93c-c9f7-46f9-a922-8ca916a07911"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0897?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ec95b6639bb67aa573ed26fe481be05e9f19e66b89659a7a626a173c6aa92e2e"
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 897 (2023) — Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Qualified Homeowner - Application and Certification Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Qualified Homeowner - Application and Certification Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_529_hb0897t.pdf)
2. **First - Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Qualified Homeowner - Application and Certification Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0897f.pdf)
3. **Third - Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Qualified Homeowner - Application and Certification Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0897t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Hearing 3/28 at 1:15 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
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 529 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f938e93c-c9f7-46f9-a922-8ca916a07911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).