---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anne Arundel County – Special Taxing Districts – Exemptions"
description: "Anne Arundel County – Special Taxing Districts – Exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 539"
citation: "Maryland SB 539 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Elfreth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d977734c-51f6-402a-9695-6319c8c80e66"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0539?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6d27c386d86001f652a7447e38da9c2f8d51d98ef64675dc799e2be734feeebf"
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 SB 539 (2022) — Anne Arundel County – Special Taxing Districts – Exemptions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Anne Arundel County – Special Taxing Districts – Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_98_sb0539t.pdf)
2. **First - Anne Arundel County – Special Taxing Districts – Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0539f.pdf)
3. **Third - Anne Arundel County – Special Taxing Districts – Exemptions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0539t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-03-15** Hearing canceled
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-04-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 98 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d977734c-51f6-402a-9695-6319c8c80e66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).