---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Alterations"
description: "Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 359"
citation: "Maryland HB 359 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Long", "Roberson", "Taylor", "Wims", "Woods", "Young"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89935029-79bb-4df9-9b16-24f966276c2a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0359?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "4c7ef2072e57ac826145f8101cd553c0c50713142fbf0cebd1418d83c9ee9e43"
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 359 (2026) — Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_769_hb0359t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0359f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax Credit - Urban Agricultural Property - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0359t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Long — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-24** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89935029-79bb-4df9-9b16-24f966276c2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).