---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Aging - Caregiver Expense Grant Program - Established"
description: "Department of Aging - Caregiver Expense Grant Program - Established"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Maryland SB 202 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-07-27"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11e8bc53-fb53-4c6c-86f9-709106ae540e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0202?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "abbef7cae9ba53eaf8c0ea5182a028e6fc566a3ec19a49610580e439f7a130ff"
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 202 (2024) — Department of Aging - Caregiver Expense Grant Program - Established

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Aging - Caregiver Expense Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_161_sb0202e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Department of Aging - Caregiver Expense Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0202e.pdf)
3. **First - Income Tax – Caregiver Tax Credit** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0202f.pdf)
4. **Third - Department of Aging- Caregiver Expense Grant Program - Established** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0202t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-27** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Hearing 1/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `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`
- **2024-03-19** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-20** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-27** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-27** Hearing 3/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11e8bc53-fb53-4c6c-86f9-709106ae540e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).