# Maryland SB 0295: Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) Maryland SB 0295, Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act), is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Cory V. McCray (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-20 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0295-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland SB 0295 - State: Maryland - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-10 - Last action: 2025-05-20, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 - Sponsor: Cory V. McCray (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Taxes - Income, Awareness and Outreach, Comptroller, Credit, Ex-Offenders, Incarcerated Individuals, Income Tax, Interest, Notices, Penalties and Sentences -see also- Death Penalty, Public Officials -see also- Atty Gen; Compt; Coun Admin; etc, Public Safety and Correctional Services, Department of, Reports, Rules and Regulations, Tax Returns, Waivers - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (245 yes, 70 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Tax relief during and after prison: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, Maryland's Income Tax Reconciliation Program helps eligible people who could not file state taxes while incarcerated. You must be serving a state or federal prison term of 6 months to 10 years, or have been released within the past two years after serving such a term. The un… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Cory V. McCray (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 104 | 36 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 100 | 34 | 7 | | 2025-02-10 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 41 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2025-05-20: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 - 2025-04-07: Returned Passed (Senate) - 2025-04-07: House Recede (House) - 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (100-34) (House) - 2025-04-07: Motion Recede (Delegate Atterbeary) Adopted (House) - 2025-04-07: Senate Requests House Recede (House) - 2025-04-07: Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments (House) - 2025-04-07: Senate Requests House Recede (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (104-36) (House) - 2025-04-03: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House) - 2025-04-03: Favorable with Amendments {323921/1 Adopted (House) - 2025-04-03: Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means (House) - 2025-03-03: Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (House) - 2025-02-11: Referred Ways and Means (House) - 2025-02-10: Third Reading Passed (41-0) (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Second Reading Passed (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Favorable Adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Favorable Report by Budget and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-01-15: Hearing 1/22 at 10:30 a.m. (Senate) - 2025-01-13: Reassigned to Budget and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-01-10: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2025-05-20: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_735_sb0295t.pdf) - Third Reading, 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0295t.pdf) - First Reading, 2025-01-10: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0295f.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed) - HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed) - SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law) - HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_735_sb0295t.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0295t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0295f.pdf) ## Related - [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS) - [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS) - [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS) - [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS) - [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS) - [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS) - [Maryland bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland/bills) - [Maryland state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0295-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).