---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income Tax - Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit - Alterations"
description: "Income Tax - Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 805"
citation: "Maryland SB 805 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hettleman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7e200a6-486b-42a7-a37d-a49983a90af5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0805?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "c8b1e135dfacac342abf9d1cb865ab68089fc89faa88d4a26a497b9f361b7a0f"
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 805 (2026) — Income Tax - Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Income Tax - Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_755_sb0805t.pdf)
2. **First - Income Tax - Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0805f.pdf)
3. **Third - Income Tax - Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0805t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **128–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hettleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Hearing 3/03 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Returned Passed
- **2026-05-26** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 755 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7e200a6-486b-42a7-a37d-a49983a90af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).