---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters"
description: "Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1064"
citation: "Maryland HB 1064 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Anderton", "Hartman", "Hutchinson", "Otto", "Sample-Hughes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69820d6a-2392-4923-9475-db4df1f536f8"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1064?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4492fba55bac480ee6632a61892736dca650d8d01dd528ab4ba33cde24cb77bd"
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 1064 (2024) — Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_416_hb1064e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1064e.pdf)
3. **First - Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1064f.pdf)
4. **Third - Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1064t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Anderton — primary (person)
- Hartman — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Otto — primary (person)
- Sample-Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69820d6a-2392-4923-9475-db4df1f536f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).