HB 151

County Income Tax - Rate and Income Brackets - Alterations

Sponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (District 17)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - IncomeStatus: Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering, subject to certain limitations, the maximum tax rate that a county may impose on an individual's Maryland taxable income; limiting the number of brackets that a county that imposes the county income tax on a bracket basis may set; and requiring a county that imposes the county income tax on a bracket basis to use certain income bracket thresholds; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 13FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Smalls, Cindylobbyist	AFSCME	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fitzwater, Jessica	Frederick County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kinnally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zwerling, Samanthalobbyist	Maryland State Education Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elrich, Marc	Montgomery County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Madaleno, Richard	Montgomery County Government	Oral
FAV	Ellington, Paullobbyist	State and Local Advisors	Oral
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Palakovich Carr, Delegate Palakovich Carrlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Palakovich Carr, Julie	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Levine, Brianlobbyist	Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ballentine, Tom	NAIOP Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bagwell, Ashlielobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	O'Halloran, Mike	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rosa, Richard	Individual	Position only
UNF	Williams, Peggy	Individual	Position only
FWA	Hunt, Ethan	Anne Arundel County	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Snider, Jim	Individual	Oral
INFO	Dudzic, Matthew	Office of the Comptroller	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AFSCMEFAV 1

Anne Arundel CountyFWA 1

Frederick County ExecutiveFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FAV 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland State Education AssociationFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

Montgomery County Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Montgomery County GovernmentFAV 2

NAIOP MarylandUNF 1

Office of the ComptrollerINFO 1

State and Local AdvisorsFAV 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSmalls, CindyAFSCMERegistered for: AFSCME IU

FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy

FAVZwerling, SamanthaMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association

FAVEllington, PaulState and Local AdvisorsRegistered for: Wicomico County, MD Executive Office; Greater Crisfield Action Committee; Glenn L Martin Maryland Aviation Museum; Maryland Aviation Council; Worcester County Maryland; Optimize Renewables…

UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association

UNFLevine, BrianMontgomery County Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce

UNFBagwell, AshlieRegistered for: AbbVie Inc.; Aligned Data Centers; American Academy of Anesthesiology Assistants, Inc.; Atmosphere Data Centers LLC; Baltimore Civic Fund, Inc.; Beltway Fine Wine…