---
type: "Bill"
title: "Venison Donation Expenses - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program"
description: "Venison Donation Expenses - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Maryland HB 7 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luedtke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-17"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3547d11d-56dd-4bfe-a740-6317bb84fd59"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0007?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c58acc1ded7732c0ba7cab58fe2c8899e86520112404be8204e8220db0c2fb92"
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 7 (2021) — Venison Donation Expenses - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Venison Donation Expenses - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_446_hb0007t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation Expenses - Montgomery County Deer Donation Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0007f.pdf)
3. **Third - Venison Donation Expenses - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0007t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–0** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luedtke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-17** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-12-22** Hearing canceled
- **2020-12-22** Hearing 1/21 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-02** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-02** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-02** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Luedtke, Ivey and Buckel)
- **2021-04-08** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-08** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2021-04-08** House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Luedtke, Ivey and Buckel)
- **2021-04-08** Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-04-08** Motion Reconsider Amendments (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-04-08** Motion Withdraw Amendments (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Recede
- **2021-04-08** Senate Recede
- **2021-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 446 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3547d11d-56dd-4bfe-a740-6317bb84fd59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).