---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member"
description: "Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 842"
citation: "Maryland HB 842 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Johnson", "Allen", "Arentz", "Behler", "Boafo", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Ciliberti", "Crutchfield", "D. Jones", "Griffith", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Howard", "McComas", "Miller", "Odom", "Pruski", "Reilly", "Rogers", "Rose", "Sample-Hughes", "Schmidt", "Stinnett", "T. Morgan", "Tomlinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/201755b4-1086-4865-a378-ff1da8be4815"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0842?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "db6d915e53179113d85cadda7d0fca62b06c15dc6eb151e1d58dcbe82536bf60"
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 842 (2026) — Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_647_hb0842t.pdf)
2. **First - Property Tax Exemption - Property Acquired by Surviving Spouse of Service Member - Repeal of Time Limitation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0842f.pdf)
3. **Third - Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0842t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **127–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Johnson — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Behler — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Ciliberti — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Odom — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Stinnett — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** 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 647 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/201755b4-1086-4865-a378-ff1da8be4815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).