---
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: "SB 519"
citation: "Maryland SB 519 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80f1df1a-6a61-4cc3-8136-8bdf481a5301"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0519?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "2d7f407bb0d3c7f80ec7ab4dfaee4aa5f4c47d2baa9576b0ea560fe74ed4f0be"
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 519 (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_202_sb0519t.pdf)
2. **First - Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0519f.pdf)
3. **Third - Earned Income Tax Credit - Assistance Program Implementation Delay and Study** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0519t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-05** Hearing canceled
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-02** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** Motion Special Order until 3/6 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
- **2026-03-06** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-25** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 3/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 202 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80f1df1a-6a61-4cc3-8136-8bdf481a5301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).