Delegation holds supplemental homeowners tax-credit bill pending county fiscal estimates

Delegates held PG 4-12 (HB 368), a bill that would require Prince George's County to grant a supplemental homeowners property tax credit to supplement the state Homeowners Property Tax Credit (HPTC) program and would raise the combined gross income cap from $60,000 to $75,000.

Sponsor Delegate Roberts said the bill responds to constituent hardship—she described a household that fell just over the previous income cap and said the change aligns Prince George's with actions taken by Montgomery County and another county. Miss Michael reviewed the bill's eligibility limits (homeowner combined net worth not to exceed $200,000; combined gross income cap raised to $75,000) and the statutory schedule used to compute the supplemental credit.

Delegates asked about the fiscal impact to the county. Delegate Roberts said local costs were indeterminate but that county-executive staff could provide more detail. Miss Michael read fiscal-note reference figures from other jurisdictions: Montgomery County provided supplemental credits to roughly 4,002 homeowners in fiscal 2023, 4,486 in fiscal 2024 and 4,188 in fiscal 2025, with total supplemental-credit costs of about $4.9 million (fiscal 2023), $5.7 million (fiscal 2024) and $5.8 million (fiscal 2025); Baltimore County provided $1.4 million in a referenced fiscal year with a per-home cap example.

Because the county-executive team on the call could not be heard clearly and delegates lacked a county-specific cost estimate, the delegation asked to hold the bill for one week to gather the numbers and to ensure the county's fiscal position would not be worsened by the change.

Next steps: county-executive staff will provide specific cost estimates and administrative-cost figures to the delegation before the bill is reconsidered.