---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Credits - Electronic Filing Requirements - Waiver"
description: "Tax Credits - Electronic Filing Requirements - Waiver"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Maryland SB 36 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Comptroller", "Electronic Government", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathias"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-07-28"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35310c0f-2844-4aa5-a6ba-23f64aefb966"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB36&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "ef1f1a43cddab5706c6f03c93a1e66cdf1e936d5c57a280ddf7eecd553a54be6"
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 36 (2017) — Tax Credits - Electronic Filing Requirements - Waiver

## 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/sb0036f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **140–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mathias — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** Hearing 1/18 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2017-02-15** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2017-02-20** Third Reading Passed (44-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-21** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {295663/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-05** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-04** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35310c0f-2844-4aa5-a6ba-23f64aefb966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).