---
type: "Bill"
title: "Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures"
description: "Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1142"
citation: "Maryland HB 1142 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6794fb3-e458-49d9-ab2c-5d6796aed817"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1142?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "3dab82bfbf1e6a0e9967d2131f8c2e378057337a8f6d9a8148a56fdaffc41d5f"
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 1142 (2026) — Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_17_hb1142t.pdf)
2. **First - Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1142f.pdf)
3. **Third - Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1142t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **34–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **106–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-21** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-30** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-30** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 17 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6794fb3-e458-49d9-ab2c-5d6796aed817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).