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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study"
+description: "Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 735"
+citation: "Maryland HB 735 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41e87c5-ecfb-477b-8506-7a17814988ab"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0735?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "194b1b75dabff3e3a182c0ba3e93b7bb1a0ec7dcaa30fd3f434f75140e1aaba9"
+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 735 (2026) — Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_201_hb0735t.pdf)
+2. **First - Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0735f.pdf)
+3. **Third - Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0735t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **122–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2026-03-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c41e87c5-ecfb-477b-8506-7a17814988ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+