---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prince George's County - Property Tax Credits - Grocery Stores PG 409-19"
description: "Prince George's County - Property Tax Credits - Grocery Stores PG 409-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 188"
citation: "Maryland HB 188 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Property - Local", "Construction", "Food", "Laws and Ordinances", "Mass Transit", "Municipal Corporations", "Personal Property", "Prince George's County", "Property Tax", "Salaries and Compensation", "Tax Credits", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9365677-5032-43f3-821c-fb65be1fd35c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB188&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "bef58572c356f80082566f43867b7db8721846c59a6d702a8f9a6e8391a919e7"
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 188 (2019) — Prince George's County - Property Tax Credits - Grocery Stores PG 409-19

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0188f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Favorable with Amendments {105765/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-07** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed (42-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9365677-5032-43f3-821c-fb65be1fd35c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).