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HB 59

EnactedCrossfile SB 192
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Property Tax – Tax Sales – Revisions

Sponsor: Chair, Ways and Means CommitteeCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - PropertyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 231 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a tax collector to withhold from tax sale certain property occupied by an heir of a deceased owner of the property; requiring that certain owner-occupied property and certain property occupied by an heir of a deceased owner of the property be withheld from tax sale; requiring each county to establish a registry for interested parties or the Tax Sale Ombudsman to designate property to be withheld from tax sale; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to assist each county in creating and maintaining the registry; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 27FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaCommunity Development Network of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaCommunity Development Network of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVRoth-Gormley, ShanaCommunity Law CenterOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSarro, LisaCommunity Legal ServicesWritten (PDF)
FAVPhillips, DanielDepartment of Assessments and TaxationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPhillips, DanielDepartment of Assessments and TaxationWritten (PDF)
FAVDay, JakeDepartment of Housing and Community DevelopmentWritten (PDF)
FAVDay, JakeDepartment of Housing and Community DevelopmentOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWhite, MarcelinelobbyistEconomic Action MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVNnamdi, NnekaFight Blight BmoreOral + Written (PDF)
FAVAguilar, JorgelobbyistFood & Water WatchOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKinnally, KevinMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
FAVMerkel, CourtlandMaryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVWheaton, DavidNAACP Legal Defense & Educational FundOral + Written (PDF)
FAVEllis, DanNeighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVHarris, AllisonPro Bono Resource Center of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGirard, MeredithShore Legal Access (formerly Mid-Shore Pro Bono)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVYeager, BobState Dept. of Assessments & Taxation (SDAT)Oral
FAVKern, JohnThe SOS FundOral
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVChair, Ways and Means Committee, Chair, Ways and Means CommitteeIndividualOral
FAVChair, Ways and Means Committee, Chair, Ways and Means CommitteeIndividualOral
FAVHill, MattIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRamos, OdetteIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRamos, OdetteIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFEskinazi, MichaelBaltimore Tax Sale ParticipantOral
UNFPlaut, ArilobbyistLaw Offices of Boston and PlautOral
UNFShpritz, AdamMARYLAND TAX SALE PARTICIPANTS ASSOCIATIONOral
UNFFiore, JustinMaryland Municipal LeagueOral + Written (PDF)
UNFBoston, FrankIndividualOral
UNFFink, NeldaIndividualPosition only
UNFKenny, HeidiIndividualOral
FWAKinnally, KevinMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
FWAOchsenhirt, LisalobbyistMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWhite, MarcelineEconomic Action MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland; Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
FAVAguilar, JorgeFood & Water WatchRegistered for: Food & Water Watch
UNFPlaut, AriLaw Offices of Boston and PlautRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC
FWAOchsenhirt, LisaMaryland Association of Municipal Wastewater AgenciesRegistered for: Maryland Association of Municipal Wastewater Agencies; Maryland Municipal Stormwater Association