---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Volunteer Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services Members"
description: "Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Volunteer Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services Members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1069"
citation: "Maryland HB 1069 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Emergency Medical Services", "Exemptions", "Fire Protection", "Income Tax", "Rescue Squads", "Volunteers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d2d7cb0-dd7e-4def-a50c-465a782da133"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1069&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "9dc0afe14e0265af4f9bfcc063325e620477c74b11ca16718d8cd6eb24acebc9"
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 1069 (2018) — Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Volunteer Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services Members

## 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/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1069f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Corderman — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Impallaria — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McKay — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Otto — cosponsor (person)
- Parrott — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Szeliga — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wivell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments {675464/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable with Amendments {909333/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Special Order until 4/2 (Senator Smith) Adopted
- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {909333/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 582 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d2d7cb0-dd7e-4def-a50c-465a782da133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).