---
type: "Bill"
title: "Howard County - Transfer Tax - Use of Proceeds Ho. Co. 12-26"
description: "Howard County - Transfer Tax - Use of Proceeds Ho. Co. 12-26"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 590"
citation: "Maryland HB 590 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d21f7ffc-9c7a-4184-b0e3-5d67bbd6d2ca"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0590?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "9d1659c583c880eda26f06082d0317651e0e4329143fbb24a822afd5bb81c36d"
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 590 (2026) — Howard County - Transfer Tax - Use of Proceeds Ho. Co. 12-26

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Howard County - Transfer Tax - Use of Proceeds Ho. Co. 12-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_346_hb0590t.pdf)
2. **First - Howard County - Transfer Tax - Use of Proceeds Ho. Co. 12-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0590f.pdf)
3. **Third - Howard County - Transfer Tax - Use of Proceeds Ho. Co. 12-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0590t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 346 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d21f7ffc-9c7a-4184-b0e3-5d67bbd6d2ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).