---
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: "SB 226"
citation: "Maryland SB 226 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Industry and Technology", "Investments", "Medical Research", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Manno"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/048d518b-36d8-43fa-8622-a7c4280613af"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB226&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "02b7ec695bbb956ce00eea8dff1b46b278f976e98cf85fc9324795b76746b0aa"
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 226 (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/sb/sb0226f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **128–12** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Manno — primary (person)
- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Hough — cosponsor (person)
- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Favorable with Amendments {359635/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-02-23** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {185560/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Floor Amendment {393423/1 (Delegate Mautz) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (128-12) `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/048d518b-36d8-43fa-8622-a7c4280613af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).