---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)"
description: "Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 554"
citation: "Maryland HB 554 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addison", "Administration", "Allen", "Alston", "Amprey", "Anderton", "Arentz", "Attar", "Atterbeary", "Bagnall", "Boafo", "Boyce", "Buckel", "Cardin", "Charles", "Conaway", "Crosby", "Crutchfield", "Cullison", "D. Barnes", "D. Jones", "Davis", "Ebersole", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Fennell", "Foley", "Forbes", "Fraser-Hidalgo", "Ghrist", "Griffith", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Harris", "Hartman", "Henson", "Holmes", "Hornberger", "Hutchinson", "Ivey", "Jacobs", "Kaufman", "Kelly", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Mangione", "McComas", "Miller", "Mireku-North", "Pasteur", "Patterson", "Phillips", "Pippy", "Queen", "R. Long", "Reznik", "Rogers", "Rose", "Rosenberg", "Sample-Hughes", "Shetty", "Simmons", "Simpson", "Smith", "Speaker", "Stein", "Taveras", "Toles", "Turner", "Valderrama", "Vogel", "Watson", "Wells", "Wilkins", "Williams", "Wivell", "Woods", "Wu", "Young", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff85695c-c985-4b02-8cb2-c042c0026623"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0554?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "b2e33fc54b63fe621d2e0190040c4b2f5515c6e85c56005bb6311978983a845b"
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 HB 554 (2023) — Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_613_hb0554t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0554f.pdf)
3. **Third - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0554t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Addison — primary (person)
- Administration — primary (person)
- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Amprey — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Arentz — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Atterbeary — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Boafo — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Buckel — primary (person)
- Cardin — primary (person)
- Charles — primary (person)
- Conaway — primary (person)
- Crosby — primary (person)
- Crutchfield — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- D. Barnes — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Fraser-Hidalgo — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Jacobs — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kelly — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Mangione — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Mireku-North — primary (person)
- Pasteur — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Pippy — primary (person)
- Queen — primary (person)
- R. Long — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Toles — primary (person)
- Turner — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)
- Vogel — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Wivell — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Young — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-12** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff85695c-c985-4b02-8cb2-c042c0026623`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).