---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations"
description: "Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 175"
citation: "Maryland HB 175 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckel", "Griffith", "Guyton", "Hartman", "Hornberger", "Miller", "Patterson", "Ruth", "Schindler", "T. Morgan", "Wims", "Ziegler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-10-28"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2934b5e-9132-4130-a55c-b938de1d50be"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0175?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "ec8ac84b7cb78445b200bdabea22884eff67f143ca67f2aa005fe69e6a070cde"
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 175 (2026) — Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_309_hb0175t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0175f.pdf)
3. **Third - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0175t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–1** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buckel — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Ruth — primary (person)
- Schindler — primary (person)
- T. Morgan — primary (person)
- Wims — primary (person)
- Ziegler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/01 at 1:15 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-10** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-13** House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** House Requests Senate Recede
- **2026-04-13** Senate Recede
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 309 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2934b5e-9132-4130-a55c-b938de1d50be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).