HB0753 — Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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19 sponsors
1 primary, 18 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (17 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Requiring the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to develop a process to allow a homeowner to designate a family member or another representative of the homeowner to communicate and work with the Ombudsman on the homeowner's behalf; requiring the dwelling of a homeowner to be withheld from tax sale if the homeowner has a documented terminal illness or medical hardship; increasing the maximum value of a dwelling that a homeowner may reside in and be eligible for the Homeowner Protection Program to $450,000; etc.
Bill Text
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Read HB0753 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable with Amendments
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed with Amendments
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman · Primary
- Delegate Linda Foley · Cosponsor
- Delegate Michele Guyton · Cosponsor
- Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison · Cosponsor
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser · Cosponsor
- Delegate Ashanti Martinez · Cosponsor
- Delegate Gabriel M. Moreno · Cosponsor
- Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur · Cosponsor
- Delegate Kim Ross · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jared Solomon · Cosponsor
- Delegate Deni Taveras · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jen Terrasa · Cosponsor
- Delegate Karen Toles · Cosponsor
- Delegate Joe Vogel · Cosponsor
- White Holland · Cosponsor
- Delegate Greg Wims · Cosponsor
- Delegate Jamila J. Woods · Cosponsor
- Delegate Chao Wu · Cosponsor
- Palakovich Carr · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Mary A. Lehman Democrat
Co-sponsors (18)
- Delegate Linda Foley Democrat
- Delegate Michele Guyton Democrat
- Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison Democrat
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser Democrat
- Delegate Ashanti Martinez Democrat
- Delegate Gabriel M. Moreno Democrat
- Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur Democrat
- Delegate Kim Ross Democrat
- Delegate Jared Solomon Democrat
- Delegate Deni Taveras Democrat
- Delegate Jen Terrasa Democrat
- Delegate Karen Toles Democrat
- Delegate Joe Vogel Democrat
- White Holland
- Delegate Greg Wims Democrat
- Delegate Jamila J. Woods Democrat
- Delegate Chao Wu Democrat
- Palakovich Carr
Not signed on (169)
169 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 169 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 91 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 133 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Republican | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 135 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0753 do?
- Requiring the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to develop a process to allow a homeowner to designate a family member or another representative of the homeowner to communicate and work with the Ombudsman on the homeowner's behalf; requiring the dwelling of a homeowner to be withheld from tax sale if the homeowner has a documented terminal illness or medical hardship; increasing the maximum value of a dwelling that a homeowner may reside in and be eligible for the Homeowner Protection Program to $450,000; etc.
- Who sponsors HB0753?
- HB0753 is sponsored by Delegate Mary A. Lehman (Democrat), Delegate Linda Foley (Democrat), Delegate Michele Guyton (Democrat), Delegate Andrea Fletcher Harrison (Democrat), Delegate Anne R. Kaiser (Democrat), Delegate Ashanti Martinez (Democrat), Delegate Gabriel M. Moreno (Democrat), Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democrat), Delegate Kim Ross (Democrat), Delegate Jared Solomon (Democrat), Delegate Deni Taveras (Democrat), Delegate Jen Terrasa (Democrat), Delegate Karen Toles (Democrat), Delegate Joe Vogel (Democrat), White Holland, Delegate Greg Wims (Democrat), Delegate Jamila J. Woods (Democrat), Delegate Chao Wu (Democrat), and Palakovich Carr.
- What is the current status of HB0753?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2026. Enacted.
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