---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development - Job Creation Tax Credit - Sunset Extension"
description: "Economic Development - Job Creation Tax Credit - Sunset Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Maryland HB 173 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Commerce and Business", "Sunset", "Tax Credits", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chair"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f90b483b-d952-4e01-b6fa-433f476e1739"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB173&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "3eece09b96b34c3918b5043c308685ff2f2b054a2488303c4259df53444ad61f"
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 173 (2019) — Economic Development - Job Creation Tax Credit - 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/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0173f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **119–19** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair — primary (person)
- Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Commerce) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-25** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Favorable with Amendments {825467/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Special Order until 03/27 (Delegate Barron) Adopted
- **2019-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Passed (119-19) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Rereferred to Budget and Taxation
- **2019-04-04** Hearing 4/04 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (44-1) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2019-04-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f90b483b-d952-4e01-b6fa-433f476e1739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).