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Bill	State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption	State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2021	HB 815	Maryland HB 815 (2021)	bill		enacted	Shoemaker	3	14	2	2021-01-29	2021-05-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0a5d39a9-8c2c-431d-8066-8d440355c4de	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0815?ys=2021RS&search=True	e6da858a4b941626ec9e310e09d611896b91bcd6326fd72ccc519b98c47ef99a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 815 (2021) — State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption (committee substitute) — source
2. First - State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Application of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemption (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 134–0 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Shoemaker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-29 First Reading Environment and Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Reassigned to Ways and Means
• 2021-02-10 Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-03-01 Favorable Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-03 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-04 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-03-05 Referred Budget and Taxation referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2021-04-09 Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-09 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-09 Second Reading Passed
• 2021-04-10 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2021-04-12 Returned Passed
• 2021-05-30 Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 609 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a5d39a9-8c2c-431d-8066-8d440355c4de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).