---
type: "Bill"
title: "Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study"
description: "Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 735"
citation: "Maryland HB 735 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41e87c5-ecfb-477b-8506-7a17814988ab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0735?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "194b1b75dabff3e3a182c0ba3e93b7bb1a0ec7dcaa30fd3f434f75140e1aaba9"
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 735 (2026) — Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_201_hb0735t.pdf)
2. **First - Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0735f.pdf)
3. **Third - Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0735t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-04** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c41e87c5-ecfb-477b-8506-7a17814988ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).