---
type: "Bill"
title: "Film Production Activity Income Tax Credit - Alterations and Maryland Entertainment Council"
description: "Film Production Activity Income Tax Credit - Alterations and Maryland Entertainment Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 452"
citation: "Maryland SB 452 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Griffith", "Guzzone", "Hester", "Hettleman", "Jackson", "King", "Klausmeier", "M. Washington", "McCray", "Muse", "Rosapepe", "Salling", "Watson", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0db0d0dc-3a08-4984-8b85-c0a3dc2f36a3"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0452?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a5e5bf045dbeb1767b3e56f000bb00e2f4c790e4aa65b752ea4de39f64405162"
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 452 (2023) — Film Production Activity Income Tax Credit - Alterations and Maryland Entertainment Council

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Film Production Activity Income Tax Credit - Alterations and Maryland Entertainment Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_434_sb0452e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Film Production Activity Income Tax Credit - Alterations and Maryland Entertainment Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0452e.pdf)
3. **First - Income Tax - Film Production Activity Tax Credit - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0452f.pdf)
4. **Third - Film Production Activity Income Tax Credit - Alterations and Maryland Entertainment Council** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0452t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- M. Washington — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Muse — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Hearing 3/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0db0d0dc-3a08-4984-8b85-c0a3dc2f36a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).