---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit – Food Donation Pilot Program – Extension"
description: "Income Tax Credit – Food Donation Pilot Program – Extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 539"
citation: "Maryland SB 539 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e57dafe-4221-44fc-b3dc-55bfbc7b7865"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0539?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c45713e2d9f3f032e16f8d9fe24264798963e139441170f5daa390c3de990a44"
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 539 (2021) — Income Tax Credit – Food Donation Pilot Program – Extension

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax Credit – Food Donation Pilot Program – Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_171_sb0539t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax Credit – Food Donation Pilot Program – Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0539f.pdf)
3. **Third - Income Tax Credit – Food Donation Pilot Program – Extension** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0539t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Second Reading Passed
- **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.
- **2021-03-22** Hearing canceled
- **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** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e57dafe-4221-44fc-b3dc-55bfbc7b7865`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).