---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit for Venison Donation - Reporting Requirement and Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease"
description: "Income Tax Credit for Venison Donation - Reporting Requirement and Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 769"
citation: "Maryland SB 769 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Hester"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29d54d10-05bf-4e4d-aa58-8daf6a5bfc1a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0769?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6b0368269768dacd0d4efe677210379ee29c7daca864288d9b2196bd1e2d7c15"
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 769 (2021) — Income Tax Credit for Venison Donation - Reporting Requirement and Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax Credit for Venison Donation - Reporting Requirement and Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_298_sb0769e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Income Tax Credit for Venison Donation - Reporting Requirement and Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0769e.pdf)
3. **First - Income Tax Credit for Venison Donation - Alterations, Extension, and Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0769f.pdf)
4. **Third - Income Tax Credit for Venison Donation - Alterations, Extension, and Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0769t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-02-19** Hearing canceled
- **2021-02-19** Hearing 2/24 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-09** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Motion Special Order until 3/18 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-03-18** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Motion Special Order until 3/19 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2021-03-19** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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.
- **2021-04-08** 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
- **2021-05-18** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29d54d10-05bf-4e4d-aa58-8daf6a5bfc1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).