republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-228.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Cybersecurity Incentive Tax Credits	Cybersecurity Incentive Tax Credits	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 228	Maryland SB 228 (2018)	bill	Taxes - Income Appropriations Assessments Commerce and Business Commerce Department of Committees and Commissions Comptroller Cybersecurity Investments Licenses Public Corporations and Instrumentalities Reports Rules and Regulations Sunset Tax Credits Telecommunications and Information Technology	enacted	Guzzone	1	16	3	2018-01-19	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/6c55fb48-6c1e-4fb1-902e-0666197a96f2	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB228&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	153c1f16434b8b891fc45f7f658dd5d1f37230cf6a6b0961aed7245c9381a109	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 228 (2018) — Cybersecurity Incentive Tax Credits

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On third reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 111–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Guzzone — primary (person)
• Eckardt — cosponsor (person)
• Edwards — cosponsor (person)
• Serafini — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-19 First Reading Budget and Taxation referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Hearing 1/31 at 2:30 p.m.
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {629236/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (47-0) passage
• 2018-03-20 First Reading Ways and Means referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-05 Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Favorable with Amendments {935666/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (111-23) passage
• 2018-04-09 Senate Concur - House Amendments
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (45-0) passage
• 2018-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 578 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c55fb48-6c1e-4fb1-902e-0666197a96f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).