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HB 538

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Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Water Affordability Assistance

Sponsor: Delegate LoveCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - IncomeStatus: First Reading Budget and Taxation (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain water affordability assistance, including water bill arrearage forgiveness, received by an individual during the taxable year and provided by the federal government, the State, or a local government; and requiring a unit of State government or a local government that administers a water affordability assistance program to provide to the Comptroller, on a quarterly basis, certain information about water affordability assistance programs.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSteinwedel, WilliamMaryland Legal Aid BureauOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBrown, KendraMaryland State Advisory Committee - U.S. Commission on Civil RightsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGowing, SamanthaPublic Justice CenterOral + Written (PDF)
FAVEckel, RiannaSURJ BaltimoreOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Love, Delegate LovelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVGrant, MarylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHallman, MicheleIndividualOral
FAVHennen, AmyIndividualOral
FAVLove, SaraIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFKinnally, KevinMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
INFOsermon, kristaIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGrant, MaryRegistered for: Food & Water Watch