---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic Development – Research and Development Tax Credit – Alterations"
description: "Economic Development – Research and Development Tax Credit – Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Maryland SB 196 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-22"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/522d9d7d-0b02-4fd8-98c5-3bf3f4520cf5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0196?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "e8b6a5501337e1862ae113502c9d78154dd23684b62cb347f158d8e76a4d3cc7"
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 196 (2021) — Economic Development – Research and Development Tax Credit – Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Economic Development – Research and Development Tax Credit – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_114_sb0196e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Economic Development – Research and Development Tax Credit – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0196e.pdf)
3. **First - Economic Development – Research and Development Tax Credit – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0196f.pdf)
4. **Third - Economic Development – Research and Development Tax Credit – Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0196t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **135–0** (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.
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Hearing 4/01 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-04-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/522d9d7d-0b02-4fd8-98c5-3bf3f4520cf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).