---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding"
description: "Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 451"
citation: "Maryland HB 451 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Office of the Comptroller", "Speaker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9887b942-e438-40ad-bbc1-ac5b8c4f7d9a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0451?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "ce114db77228deb6d538aeca7bd1aa88a344708d03ea60e90e5676f116ab32c7"
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 451 (2024) — Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_727_hb0451t.pdf)
2. **First - Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0451f.pdf)
3. **Third - Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0451t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **125–12** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Office of the Comptroller — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 727 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9887b942-e438-40ad-bbc1-ac5b8c4f7d9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).