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Bills/2025 Regular Session

SB 192

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Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions

Sponsor: Chair, Budget and Taxation CommitteeCommittee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Taxes - PropertyStatus: Hearing 1/22 at 10:30 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; requiring a county or municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property when the taxes consist only of a lien for unpaid water and sewer service; authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property designated for redevelopment purposes; altering the contents of certain statements required to be sent to an owner of property subject to tax sale; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 17FavorableUNF 8Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVPaulino, KrystalBaltimore City CouncilOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaCommunity Development Network of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRoth-Gormley, ShanaCommunity Law CenterOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSarro, LisaCommunity Legal ServicesWritten (PDF)
FAVPhillips, DanielDepartment of Assessments and TaxationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDay, JakeDepartment of Housing and Community DevelopmentOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNnamdi, NnekaFight Blight BmoreOral + Written (PDF)
FAVAguilar, JorgelobbyistFood & Water WatchOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMerkel, CourtlandMaryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS)Written (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVEllis, DanNeighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVHarris, AllisonPro Bono Resource Center of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGirard, MeredithShore Legal Access (formerly Mid-Shore Pro Bono)Written (PDF)
FAVKern, JohnThe SOS FundOral
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVChair, Budget and Taxation Committee, Chair, Budget and Taxation CommitteeIndividualOral
FAVHill, MattIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFCohen, JosephEpcotOral
UNFvan Messel, ZachExpery ServiceOral
UNFPlaut, ArilobbyistLaw Offices of Boston and PlautPosition only
UNFShpritz, AdamMARYLAND TAX SALE PARTICIPANTS ASSOCIATIONOral
UNFmorse, ScottMD Tax Sale Participants AssnOral + Written (PDF)
UNFFiore, JustinMaryland Municipal LeagueOral + Written (PDF)
UNFBoston, FrankIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Baltimore City CouncilFAV 1
Community Development Network of MarylandFAV 1
Community Law CenterFAV 1
Community Legal ServicesFAV 1
Department of Assessments and TaxationFAV 1
Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentFAV 1
EpcotUNF 1
Expery ServiceUNF 1
Fight Blight BmoreFAV 1
Food & Water WatchFAV 1
Law Offices of Boston and PlautUNF 1
Maryland Municipal LeagueUNF 1
MARYLAND TAX SALE PARTICIPANTS ASSOCIATIONUNF 1
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS)FAV 1
Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1
MD Tax Sale Participants AssnUNF 1
Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.FAV 1
Pro Bono Resource Center of MarylandFAV 1
Shore Legal Access (formerly Mid-Shore Pro Bono)FAV 1
The SOS FundFAV 1
YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

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…