Maryland Senate Bill 344 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on May 25 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-25 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 567
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Altering the method of calculating a certain reduction in the State agricultural land transfer tax for an instrument of writing that transfers title to agricultural land on which property tax was paid on the basis of an assessment other than farm or agricultural use in certain years before the transfer; exempting an instrument of writing from the agricultural land transfer tax if the instrument of writing transfers title to agricultural land that was previously transferred by a certain instrument of writing; etc.

State Agricultural Land Transfer Tax – Alteration of Nonagricultural Use Reduction and Exemptions

Sen. Craig Zucker [D]

Sen. Brian Feldman [D]

2019-03-24 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (137-0) (Y: 137 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-11 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (45-2) (Y: 46 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-25	Senate	Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 567
2019-04-05	Senate	Returned Passed
2019-04-03	House	Third Reading Passed (137-0)
2019-03-28	House	Second Reading Passed
2019-03-28	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-03-28	House	Favorable Report by Ways and Means
2019-03-14	House	Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-03-12	House	First Reading Ways and Means
2019-03-11	Senate	Third Reading Passed (45-2)
2019-03-07	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-07	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {349237/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-06	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
2019-02-01	Senate	Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-01-30	Senate	First Reading Budget and Taxation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0344?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0344f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0344t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_567_sb0344t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0344_34923701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0344.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0344_b&t.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0454.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0344_w&m.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/1110.pdf