---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Correctional Officers"
description: "Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Correctional Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "Maryland HB 296 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Correctional Officers", "Exemptions", "Income Tax", "Retirement Systems"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21d41198-b245-4e6f-87c4-47036d2fe578"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB296&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e50b5a335226829d2c1d1886ba19911393b94f9f948bc459eca9de8bd0fc996f"
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 296 (2018) — Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Correctional Officers

## 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/hb0296f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hixson — primary (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Afzali — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Barkley — cosponsor (person)
- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
- Buckel — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
- Kramer — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Shoemaker — cosponsor (person)
- Simonaire — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing 2/07 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 {995769/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (131-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-19** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable with Amendments {989134/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Floor Amendment {863225/2 (Senator Peters) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-07** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21d41198-b245-4e6f-87c4-47036d2fe578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).