HB 753 — Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-04
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.
Latest action: — In the House - Passed Enrolled
Sponsors (19)
- Mary A. Lehman (D, MD-21) — sponsor · 2026-02-04
- Linda Foley (D, MD-15) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Michele Guyton (D, MD-42) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D, MD-24) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Anne R. Kaiser (D, MD-14) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Ashanti Martinez (D, MD-22) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Gabriel M. Moreno (D, MD-13) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Cheryl E. Pasteur (D, MD-11) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Kim Ross (D, MD-8) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Jared Solomon (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Deni Taveras (D, MD-47) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Jen Terrasa (D, MD-13) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Karen Toles (D, MD-25) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Joe Vogel (D, MD-17) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Jennifer White Holland (D, MD-10) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Greg Wims (D, MD-39) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Jamila J. Woods (D, MD-26) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Chao Wu (D, MD-9) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
- Julie Palakovich Carr (D, MD-17) — cosponsor · 2026-02-04
Action timeline (10)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Ways and Means
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · senate — Hearing — Budget and Taxation
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
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Bill text (extracted)
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Connected on the graph
2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate budget and taxation | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House ways and means | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary A. Lehman (D, state_lower MD-21) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrea Fletcher Harrison (D, state_lower MD-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Anne R. Kaiser (D, state_lower MD-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Ashanti Martinez (D, state_lower MD-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Chao Wu (D, state_lower MD-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Cheryl E. Pasteur (D, state_lower MD-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Deni Taveras (D, state_lower MD-47) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Gabriel M. Moreno (D, state_lower MD-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Greg Wims (D, state_lower MD-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jamila J. Woods (D, state_lower MD-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Jared Solomon (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jen Terrasa (D, state_lower MD-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Jennifer White Holland (D, state_lower MD-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Joe Vogel (D, state_lower MD-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Julie Palakovich Carr (D, state_lower MD-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Karen Toles (D, state_lower MD-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Kim Ross (D, state_lower MD-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Linda Foley (D, state_lower MD-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Michele Guyton (D, state_lower MD-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate budget and taxation · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House ways and means · md-leg