---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders"
description: "Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "Maryland SB 480 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/762bdfbc-bf9e-4837-8f1a-9729c71c1b6e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0480?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "acfbbdfc7dada07b988aa27eb8838e2af96a68349d36acfcb97c42bf5504ab47"
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 480 (2021) — Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_679_sb0480e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0480e.pdf)
3. **First - Income Tax Distribution – Tax Clinics for Low–Income Marylanders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0480f.pdf)
4. **Third - Income Tax Distribution – Tax Clinics for Low–Income Marylanders** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0480t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **131–7** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 679 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/762bdfbc-bf9e-4837-8f1a-9729c71c1b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).