---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit - Qualified Farms - Food Donation Pilot Program - Expansion and Extension"
description: "Income Tax Credit - Qualified Farms - Food Donation Pilot Program - Expansion and Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "Maryland HB 403 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes - Income", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Agriculture", "Baltimore County", "Comptroller", "Food", "Gifts", "Income Tax", "Reports", "Tax Credits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebersole and P. Young"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9f1514-ecdd-4138-be54-8ec73eb014e0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB403&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "19963272a34763f0db8a0ccac010a25c0a0b0395e4ab414099d8c018ffe5b17a"
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 403 (2019) — Income Tax Credit - Qualified Farms - Food Donation Pilot Program - Expansion and 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/hb0403f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ebersole and P. Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {355963/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-14** Third Reading Passed (139-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-15** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Favorable with Amendments {949933/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-04-03** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (42-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-05** House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2019-04-05** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-05** Delegates Walker, Reilly, and Mosby
- **2019-04-05** Senate Refuses to Recede
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-05** Senators McCray, Peters, and Edwards
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (138-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-08** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2019-04-30** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9f1514-ecdd-4138-be54-8ec73eb014e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).