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HOUSE BILL 606
Q2 6lr2082
CF SB 109
By: Delegates Nkongolo, Behler, Ciliberti, Kipke, Rogers, Schmidt, Simmons, and
Tomlinson
Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 6, 2026
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Anne Arundel County – Residential Property Tax Payment Deferrals – 2
Eligibility 3
FOR the purpose of expanding eligibility for property tax payment deferrals in Anne 4
Arundel County to include members of certain reserve components and certain 5
members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public 6
Health Service; and generally relating to payment deferrals of the county property 7
tax for residential real property in Anne Arundel County. 8
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9
Article – Tax – Property 10
Section 10–204.6(a) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – Tax – Property 15
Section 10–204.6(b) 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEM BLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
2 HOUSE BILL 606
Article – Tax – Property 1
10–204.6. 2
(a) Notwithstanding Subtitle 1 of this title, the governing body of Anne Arundel 3
County may authorize, by law, a payment deferral of the county property tax for residential 4
real property occupied as the principal residence of the owner, the provisions of which shall 5
comply with the provisions of subsections (b) through (h) of this section. 6
(b) An owner is eligible for a payment deferral under subsection (a) of this section 7
if the owner or at least one of the owners: 8
(1) has resided in the dwelling for a period of at least 5 consecutive years; 9
(2) (i) is at least 62 years of age; 10
(ii) has been found permanently and totally disabled and has 11
qualified for benefits under: 12
1. the Social Security Act; 13
2. the Railroad Retirement Act; 14
3. any federal act for [members of the United States armed 15
forces] SERVICE MEMBERS; or 16
4. any federal retirement system; or 17
(iii) has been found permanently and totally disabled by a county 18
health officer or the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health; and 19
(3) meets the income eligibility requirements determined under subsection 20
(c) of this section. 21
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 22
1, 2026, and shall be applicable to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026. 23