---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax - Film Production Activity Tax Credit - Digital Animation Projects"
description: "Income Tax - Film Production Activity Tax Credit - Digital Animation Projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 536"
citation: "Maryland SB 536 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corderman", "Eckardt", "Edwards", "Elfreth", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Jackson", "King", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Young", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-28"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72b9b8d7-3bf4-4e63-b4f2-b4e9d6fb342f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0536?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "84f79847d53d706ec411d86d46173c27d6ef85e17d51c1b26982c5e57616558e"
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 536 (2022) — Income Tax - Film Production Activity Tax Credit - Digital Animation Projects

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax - Film Production Activity Tax Credit - Digital Animation Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_323_sb0536t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax - Film Production Activity Tax Credit - Digital Animation Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0536f.pdf)
3. **Third - Income Tax - Film Production Activity Tax Credit - Digital Animation Projects** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/sb/sb0536t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **118–12** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corderman — primary (person)
- Eckardt — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-28** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2022-02-24** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-04-08** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-09** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72b9b8d7-3bf4-4e63-b4f2-b4e9d6fb342f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).