---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit - Security Clearances - Employer Costs - Extension"
description: "Income Tax Credit - Security Clearances - Employer Costs - Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 873"
citation: "Maryland HB 873 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Construction", "Corporations", "Equipment", "Federal Government", "Income Tax", "Leases and Rent", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carey and Lisanti"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1f8b7dd-5d91-408c-bc51-7689d81783fb"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB873&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "18851a0828eedfb8ee74ce1a6652147ae89a687de5d8e96101534a19ffd6bee8"
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 873 (2017) — Income Tax Credit - Security Clearances - Employer Costs - Extension

## 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/hb0873f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **105–34** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carey and Lisanti — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2017-02-14** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Passed (105-34) `passage`
- **2017-03-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-03-30** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-04-03** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2017-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 240 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1f8b7dd-5d91-408c-bc51-7689d81783fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).