---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit - Wineries and Vineyards - Procedures to Claim Credit and Sunset Extension"
description: "Income Tax Credit - Wineries and Vineyards - Procedures to Claim Credit and Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 848"
citation: "Maryland SB 848 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Agriculture", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Equipment", "Income Tax", "Sunset", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serafini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-08"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57299be0-d544-4f16-b3cb-fbf6f75aa3b4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB848&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "d40f2870e16e5d0e9fe921398aa70ba1a113e77a4caddebfc7bb47239e30f6ed"
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 848 (2018) — Income Tax Credit - Wineries and Vineyards - Procedures to Claim Credit and Sunset Extension

## 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/sb0848f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Serafini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-14** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-20** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-09** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2017-12-08** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 614 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57299be0-d544-4f16-b3cb-fbf6f75aa3b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).