---
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: "SB 647"
citation: "Maryland SB 647 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Income Tax", "Minors", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Madaleno"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d82d39d-d1e8-41f1-937b-4e32f10675b9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB647&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "e9a24c3d8bef1bee1a138cdaa006aeabf4a1c8d9371402a5c35d84eae4d13c12"
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 647 (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/sb/sb0647f.pdf)

## Votes

- third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **129–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Madaleno — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- DeGrange — cosponsor (person)
- Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Kagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kasemeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Manno — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- McFadden — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Muse — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan-Pulliam — cosponsor (person)
- Oaks — cosponsor (person)
- Peters — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Serafini — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zirkin — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Favorable with Amendments {869830/1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-08** Committee Amendment Adopted
- **2018-03-08** Special Order until 3/9 (Senator Ready) Adopted
- **2018-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-13** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (129-6) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 611 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d82d39d-d1e8-41f1-937b-4e32f10675b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).