---
type: "Bill"
title: "Biotechnology Investment Tax Credit - Qualified Maryland Biotechnology Company - Definition"
description: "Biotechnology Investment Tax Credit - Qualified Maryland Biotechnology Company - Definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 373"
citation: "Maryland HB 373 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Industry and Technology", "Investments", "Medical Research", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Barnes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1d6163d-d37e-4f03-aedb-19f4ffcf580a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB373&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "6158c03d25826f95570ef6db1b94feb9dce4cfc8ee16abd8d77e0f85db7ef6a6"
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 373 (2017) — Biotechnology Investment Tax Credit - Qualified Maryland Biotechnology Company - Definition

## 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/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0373f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **132–6** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **135–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Ciliberti — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Folden — cosponsor (person)
- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Knotts — cosponsor (person)
- Krimm — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- McConkey — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Vogt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-13** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (135-4) `passage`
- **2017-03-16** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Favorable with Amendments {709236/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2017-04-08** Third Reading Passed (132-6) `passage`
- **2017-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1d6163d-d37e-4f03-aedb-19f4ffcf580a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).