---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation"
description: "Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 440"
citation: "Maryland SB 440 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Benson", "Corderman", "Elfreth", "Gile", "Hester", "Jackson", "Jennings", "King", "Salling", "Zucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05738199-9627-4342-a6cd-2d4473a69f45"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0440?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "773b8c6144d902252894f555e75b3ecabfa8fc7ec44312625e75dfceaf92ac3d"
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 440 (2024) — Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_769_sb0440e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0440e.pdf)
3. **First - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0440f.pdf)
4. **Third - Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0440t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Benson — primary (person)
- Corderman — primary (person)
- Elfreth — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Jennings — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Salling — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-06** 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
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05738199-9627-4342-a6cd-2d4473a69f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).