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Economic Development - Cybersecurity Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program - Expansion, Extension, and Study

Sponsor: Chair, Budget and Taxation CommitteeCommittee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Economic and Community DevelopmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the Cybersecurity Investment Incentive Tax Credit program in the Department of Commerce to be the Innovation Investment Incentive Tax Credit program; providing that the purpose of the program is to foster the growth of Maryland's technology sectors; expanding the tax credit to include investments in certain technology companies; prohibiting the Department from certifying eligibility for tax credits for investments in a single technology sector in excess of 25% of a certain amount in any fiscal year; etc.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list
FAV 23Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVKohli, PranayACTIVEcharge LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVThielke, MikeEastern Shore Entrepreneurship CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVFry, DonaldGreater Baltimore CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVFry, DonaldGreater Baltimore CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVWang, ChengweiHighT-Tech LLCWritten (PDF)
FAVCable, JoshInventWoodWritten (PDF)
FAVGirma, GedielemIon Storage Systems, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVHafey, ElizabethJohns Hopkins University and MedicineWritten (PDF)
FAVRosendale, MartinMTCWritten (PDF)
FAVThielkje, MikeMaryland Business Innovation AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVSchulz, KellyMaryland Department Of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVSchulz, KellyMaryland Department Of CommerceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGramm, HeatherMaryland Department of CommerceOral
FAVSinfield, LaniMaryland Department of CommerceOral
FAVKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Written (PDF)
FAVLeMaile-Stovall, TroyTEDCOWritten (PDF)
FAVWahler, Meganbwtech@UMBCWritten (PDF)
FAVBailey, MichaelIndividualPosition only
FAVChair, Budget and Taxation Committee, Chair, Budget and Taxation CommitteeIndividualOral
FAVChair, Budget and Taxation Committee, Chair, Budget and Taxation CommitteeIndividualPosition only
FAVDarmody, BrianIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVToll, BrianIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWills, AndrewIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record