# Maryland HB 0790: Property Tax - Payment Plans - Notice to Taxpayers

Maryland HB 0790, Property Tax - Payment Plans - Notice to Taxpayers, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Atterbeary; status signed, last action 2025-04-22 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 0790
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Property Tax - Payment Plans - Notice to Taxpayers
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-04-22, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108
- Sponsor: Atterbeary
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Taxes - Property, Baltimore City, Contracts -see also- Procurement, Counties -see also- Chartered Counties; Code Counties; etc., Credit, Electronic Government, Notices, Ombudsmen, Property Tax
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (184 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Homeowners get clearer tax payment plan notices: benefit, low. Beginning May 1, 2027, every property tax bill must include a separate insert explaining monthly payment options and enrollment. It must describe the State plan or an applicable local plan; collectors design inserts covering local plans. Otherwise, the State Tax Sale Ombudsman designs and supplies…
- Homeowners get tax payment plans with fees: mixed, medium. Beginning May 1, 2027, the State Tax Sale Ombudsman must hire a vendor to run a homeowner tax payment plan. Homeowners can pay future, current, or overdue property taxes, with reasonable fees covering the vendor's full contract cost. Homes with tax escrow arrangements through a mortgage or similar…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Atterbeary

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-03 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 137 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-04-22: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108
- 2025-04-03: Returned Passed (House)
- 2025-04-03: Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Second Reading Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Favorable Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Referred Budget and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Third Reading Passed (137-0) (House)
- 2025-03-11: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-03-11: Favorable with Amendments {923122/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-10: Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-02-04: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-01-29: First Reading Ways and Means (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_108_hb0790t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0790t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0790f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_108_hb0790t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0790t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0790f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0790-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).