---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Job Creation Tax Credit – Credit for Hiring Veterans"
description: "Economic Development – Job Creation Tax Credit – Credit for Hiring Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Maryland SB 186 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-22"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82589e32-053f-4210-91d1-25cc8133e087"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0186?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "9a56a72f9eb6e69bcb6131e9e5c2790641d429ddfe764af1b96a56020617ad62"
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 186 (2021) — Economic Development – Job Creation Tax Credit – Credit for Hiring Veterans

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Job Creation Tax Credit – Credit for Hiring Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_191_sb0186t.pdf)
2. **First - Economic Development – Job Creation Tax Credit – Credit for Hiring Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0186f.pdf)
3. **Third - Economic Development – Job Creation Tax Credit – Credit for Hiring Veterans** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0186t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-22** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing 1/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02** Motion Special Order until 04/05 (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 191 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82589e32-053f-4210-91d1-25cc8133e087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).