---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions"
description: "Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Maryland HB 161 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behler", "Coley", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Lehman", "McCaskill", "Miller", "Pena-Melnyk", "Ruth", "Solomon", "Terrasa", "Tomlinson", "Vogel", "Young", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-10"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf92648-3a6a-4b94-a15f-5b9a712a8362"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0161?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "88c5ef1c442dbb67dbfaffb7912e2a16d03287c616650fa159fc4f74bdcb5a1c"
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 161 (2026) — Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_643_hb0161t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0161f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0161t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Lehman — primary (person)
- McCaskill — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-10** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 643 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caf92648-3a6a-4b94-a15f-5b9a712a8362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).