---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders"
description: "Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 521"
citation: "Maryland SB 521 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles County Senators"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39764829-1233-4564-9f7a-9eef0090ed1e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0521?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "01378d851171c01746d733ce3446a416067236347cb6b8f509022d8b04900817"
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 SB 521 (2023) — Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_600_sb0521e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0521e.pdf)
3. **First - Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0521f.pdf)
4. **Third - Charles County - Property Tax - Credit for Volunteer Emergency Responders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0521t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Charles County Senators — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-15** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39764829-1233-4564-9f7a-9eef0090ed1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).