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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Earned Income Tax Credit – Individuals Without Qualifying Children – Repeal of Minimum Age Requirement"
+description: "Earned Income Tax Credit – Individuals Without Qualifying Children – Repeal of Minimum Age Requirement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 856"
+citation: "Maryland HB 856 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Age of Majority", "Income Tax", "Minors", "Tax Credits"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hixson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-02"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d8557e-93f6-457b-90a1-c44c081f49e1"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB856&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "4d4d941af3036cc18a0025746b5d1d5b328ef46ffa413deec080867c4c7e2333"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 856 (2018) — Earned Income Tax Credit – Individuals Without Qualifying Children – Repeal of Minimum Age Requirement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0856f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hixson — primary (person)
+- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
+- Ali — cosponsor (person)
+- Angel — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
+- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
+- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Healey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
+- Lam — cosponsor (person)
+- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
+- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
+- McCray — cosponsor (person)
+- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
+- Moon — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
+- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
+- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
+- Platt — cosponsor (person)
+- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
+- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
+- Stein — cosponsor (person)
+- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
+- Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {305563/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-19** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {229036/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
+- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (131-3) `passage`
+- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7d8557e-93f6-457b-90a1-c44c081f49e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+