---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Estate Tax - Portability - Time Period for Election"
description: "Maryland Estate Tax - Portability - Time Period for Election"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Maryland HB 179 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/030d280c-b003-4d02-9e0a-2f6042fba685"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0179?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a215c66f7b793a58370157dd6a34c55555800f2f22346ce88dfe4f5fc1dd3add"
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 179 (2023) — Maryland Estate Tax - Portability - Time Period for Election

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Estate Tax - Portability - Time Period for Election** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_714_hb0179t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Estate Tax - Portability - Time Period for Election** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0179f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Estate Tax - Portability - Time Period for Election** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0179t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cardin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-19** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-02-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/030d280c-b003-4d02-9e0a-2f6042fba685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).