---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax - Credits for Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages"
description: "Income Tax - Credits for Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1252"
citation: "Maryland HB 1252 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb3f6cb7-44fc-42b0-9b54-b0a9cdc4a746"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1252?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b06bba1ece8efdba983eb8601e86e2175e4b59d5cbb72ed0e0bea0a8af623f6b"
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 1252 (2021) — Income Tax - Credits for Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Income Tax - Credits for Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_153_hb1252t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax - Credits for Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1252f.pdf)
3. **Third - Income Tax - Credits for Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1252t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **138–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing 2/26 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 153 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb3f6cb7-44fc-42b0-9b54-b0a9cdc4a746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).