---
type: "Bill"
title: "Earned Income Tax Credit – Individuals Without Qualifying Children – Repeal of Minimum Age Requirement"
description: "Earned Income Tax Credit – Individuals Without Qualifying Children – Repeal of Minimum Age Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 856"
citation: "Maryland HB 856 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Age of Majority", "Income Tax", "Minors", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hixson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d8557e-93f6-457b-90a1-c44c081f49e1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB856&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4d4d941af3036cc18a0025746b5d1d5b328ef46ffa413deec080867c4c7e2333"
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 856 (2018) — Earned Income Tax Credit – Individuals Without Qualifying Children – Repeal of Minimum Age Requirement

## 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/hb0856f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hixson — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- A. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- Ali — cosponsor (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- B. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Beitzel — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Clippinger — cosponsor (person)
- D. Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
- Healey — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
- J. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Lierman — cosponsor (person)
- Luedtke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Washington — cosponsor (person)
- McCray — cosponsor (person)
- McIntosh — cosponsor (person)
- Moon — cosponsor (person)
- Mosby — cosponsor (person)
- P. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
- Platt — cosponsor (person)
- Proctor — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Reznik — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Sophocleus — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Waldstreicher — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {305563/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-17** 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 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-28** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable with Amendments {229036/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (131-3) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7d8557e-93f6-457b-90a1-c44c081f49e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).