republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2026/hb-842.md

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Bill	Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member	Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2026	HB 842	Maryland HB 842 (2026)	bill		enacted	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	3	16	2	2026-02-04	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/201755b4-1086-4865-a378-ff1da8be4815	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0842?ys=2026RS	db6d915e53179113d85cadda7d0fca62b06c15dc6eb151e1d58dcbe82536bf60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. First - Property Tax Exemption - Property Acquired by Surviving Spouse of Service Member - Repeal of Time Limitation (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Property Tax Credit - Surviving Spouse of Military Service Member (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/201755b4-1086-4865-a378-ff1da8be4815. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).