---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Adoption Expenses - Alterations"
description: "Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Adoption Expenses - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 180"
citation: "Maryland HB 180 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Arikan", "Attar", "Bartlett", "Chang", "D. Jones", "Fair", "Feldmark", "Foley", "Forbes", "Griffith", "Grossman", "Guyton", "Healey", "Henson", "Hill", "Kaufman", "Kipke", "Love", "Pena-Melnyk", "Pruski", "Reznik", "Shetty", "Simpson", "Taveras", "Terrasa", "Tomlinson", "Valderrama"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22222ba1-4f58-415e-921b-44b2c0b9eda4"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0180?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3cd81ea838c882e3c9eedbc221a47a05678afc3f03399c0e36ef34f9e7425acd"
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 180 (2023) — Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Adoption Expenses - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Adoption Expenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_551_hb0180t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Adoption Expenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0180f.pdf)
3. **Third - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Adoption Expenses - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0180t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Arikan — primary (person)
- Attar — primary (person)
- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Chang — primary (person)
- D. Jones — primary (person)
- Fair — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Foley — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Griffith — primary (person)
- Grossman — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Healey — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- Pruski — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Simpson — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Tomlinson — primary (person)
- Valderrama — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-01-19** Hearing canceled
- **2023-01-19** Hearing 2/09 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-06** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 551 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22222ba1-4f58-415e-921b-44b2c0b9eda4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).