Sales and Use Tax - Nonprofit Organizations Maintaining Memorials - Exemption [SB-580]
[Taxes ]
[Nonprofit ]
Providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to a sale by a nonprofit organization that maintains a memorial on property that is owned by the State if the proceeds of the sale are used to maintain a memorial on property that is owned by the State.
SB-580: Sales and Use Tax - Nonprofit Organizations Maintaining Memorials - Exemption
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 791 on 05/16/2024
Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day [SB-176]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans; requiring an individual, in order to qualify for the exemption, to provide the vendor evidence of eligibility for the exemption; and providing that evidence of eligibility may consist of a valid driver's license or government-issued identification card that includes a notation indicating that the individual is a veteran.
SB-176: Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/10/2024
Sales and Use Tax - Exemption for Hearing Aid Products [HB-925]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Expanding an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of certain hearing aid products to include certain batteries, transmitter and receiver systems, in-ear monitors, supplies, and accessories; and repealing as redundant a certain exemption from the sales and use tax for certain hearing aid products.
HB-925: Sales and Use Tax - Exemption for Hearing Aid Products
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023
Home Amenity Rentals - Sales and Use Tax Imposed and Local Tax Authorized [HB-1064]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain home amenity rentals; and authorizing a county or municipality to impose a certain home amenity rental tax under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations.
HB-1064: Home Amenity Rentals - Sales and Use Tax Imposed and Local Tax Authorized
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Referred Rules on 04/07/2023
Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction [HB-1094]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Altering the maximum rate of the admissions and amusement tax that a county or municipal corporation may set for gross receipts that are also subject to the State sales and use tax; altering the rate of the sales and use tax; altering the percentage of gross receipts from vending machine sales to which the sales and use tax rate is applied; altering the rate of the sales and use tax applied to certain charges made in connection with sales of alcoholic beverages and sales of dyed diesel fuel; etc.
HB-1094: Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023
Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives [SB-547]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Office of Statewide Broadband within the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study of broadband services, service providers, infrastructure, and private network investors and submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2024.
SB-547: Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/06/2023
Home Amenity Rentals - Sales and Use Tax Imposed and Local Tax Authorized [SB-691]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Applying the sales and use tax to a sale or use of certain home amenity rentals; and authorizing a county or municipality to impose a certain home amenity rental tax under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations.
SB-691: Home Amenity Rentals - Sales and Use Tax Imposed and Local Tax Authorized
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 805 on 05/28/2023
Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agricultural Purposes - Study and Report [HB-678]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with certain entities, to study and report to the General Assembly by December 15, 2023, on exempting from the sales and use tax electricity used for agricultural purposes such as raising livestock or poultry, preparing, irrigating, or tending the soil, or planting, maintaining, or transporting seeds or crops; and requiring the report to include an estimate of the fiscal impact of the exemption.
HB-678: Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agricultural Purposes - Study and Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/10/2023
Cannabis Reform [HB-556]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-use cannabis; imposing a sales and use tax of 9% on the sale of cannabis; requiring the Administration, by July 1, 2023, to convert medical cannabis licenses to licenses to operate a medical and adult-use cannabis business; etc.
HB-556: Cannabis Reform
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 254 on 05/03/2023
Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives [HB-551]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Office of Statewide Broadband within the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study as to how the State can incentivize broadband service providers to expand broadband infrastructure to communities that are unserved or underserved; and requiring the Office to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2024.
HB-551: Office of Statewide Broadband - Study of Broadband Expansion Incentives
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 440 on 05/08/2023
Cannabis Reform [SB-516]
[Cannabis ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-use cannabis; imposing the sales and use tax on the sale of adult-use cannabis at 9%; requiring the Administration, on or before July 1 2023, to convert medical cannabis licenses to licenses to operate a medical and adult-use cannabis business; etc.
SB-516: Cannabis Reform
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 255 on 05/03/2023
Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period - Winter Weather Shopping for Students [HB-445]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing a tax-free period of 7 days beginning the first Sunday in January each year during which the purchase of winter weather clothing, footwear, and accessories is exempt from the sales and use tax, subject to certain limitations.
HB-445: Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Period - Winter Weather Shopping for Students
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/20/2023
Sales and Use Tax - Musical Instruments - Exemption [SB-314]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Exempting the sale or rental of musical instruments to be used by students in elementary school, a secondary school, or a postsecondary institution, or is registered with a local school system as receiving home instruction from the sales and use tax.
SB-314: Sales and Use Tax - Musical Instruments - Exemption
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Ray Salling
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2023
Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Redevelopment Areas in Baltimore County - Sunset Extension [HB-237]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Extending, until July 1, 2036, the termination date applicable to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain construction material or warehousing equipment purchased for use in a certain target redevelopment area in Baltimore County.
HB-237: Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Redevelopment Areas in Baltimore County - Sunset Extension
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 18 on 04/11/2023
Sales and Use Tax – Secondhand Apparel – Exemption [SB-219]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of secondhand apparel if the taxable price of the secondhand apparel is $20 or less.
SB-219: Sales and Use Tax – Secondhand Apparel – Exemption
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 01/26/2023
Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Redevelopment Areas in Baltimore County - Sunset Extension [SB-174]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Extending, until June 30, 2036, the termination date applicable to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain construction material or warehousing equipment purchased for use in a certain target redevelopment area in Baltimore County.
SB-174: Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Redevelopment Areas in Baltimore County - Sunset Extension
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 17 on 04/11/2023