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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation"
+description: "Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 440"
+citation: "Maryland SB 440 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Gile", "Hester", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "Salling", "Zucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-22"
+last_action: "2024-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05738199-9627-4342-a6cd-2d4473a69f45"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0440?ys=2024RS&search=True"
+source_hash: "773b8c6144d902252894f555e75b3ecabfa8fc7ec44312625e75dfceaf92ac3d"
+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 SB 440 (2024) — Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_769_sb0440e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0440e.pdf)
+3. **First - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0440f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0440t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Benson — primary (person)
+- Corderman — primary (person)
+- Elfreth — primary (person)
+- Gile — primary (person)
+- Hester — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+- King — primary (person)
+- Salling — primary (person)
+- Zucker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-22** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-25** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2024-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
+- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05738199-9627-4342-a6cd-2d4473a69f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+