HB 846

Did not advance

Transportation Access and Revenue Act

Sponsor: Robbyn Lewis (District 46)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - Sales and UseStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the definitions of 'taxable price' and 'taxable service' for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain transportation-related services; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue attributable to the sales and use tax on certain transportation-related services to the Transportation Trust Fund; and providing that revenue the Comptroller distributes may not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation Trust Fund.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 3FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 13Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Lewis, Delegate R.	MD House of Delegates	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Lewis, R., Delegate Lewis, R.legislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Ali, Raginalobbyist	AAA Mid-Atlantic	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Egan, Nancylobbyist	American Property & Casualty Insurance Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Blum, Danna	Carroll County Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kitzmiller, J Peter	Maryland Automobile Dealers Assocation	Oral
UNF	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Allen, Hannahlobbyist	Maryland Chamber of Commerce	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Campion, Louislobbyist	Maryland Motor Truck Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Johansen, Michaellobbyist	RWL	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Carrion, Axel	UPS	Written (PDF)
UNF	PARRISH, CHARLES	Vision Wrecker Service	Position only
UNF	McCauley, Kirk	WMDA - service station, convenience stores and repair facilities	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bagwell, Ashlielobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FWA	McDonough, Caitlinlobbyist	HJM	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Kinnally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Ballentine, Tom	NAIOP Maryland	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AAA Mid-AtlanticUNF 1

American Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationUNF 1

Carroll County Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

HJMFWA 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FWA 1

Maryland Automobile Dealers AssocationUNF 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Maryland Motor Truck AssociationUNF 1

MD House of DelegatesFAV 1

NAIOP MarylandFWA 1

RWLUNF 1

UPSUNF 1

Vision Wrecker ServiceUNF 1

WMDA - service station, convenience stores and repair facilitiesUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFAli, RaginaAAA Mid-AtlanticRegistered for: AAA Club Alliance/AAA Mid-Atlantic

UNFEgan, NancyAmerican Property & Casualty Insurance AssociationRegistered for: American Property Casualty Insurance Association

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

UNFAllen, HannahMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce

UNFCampion, LouisMaryland Motor Truck AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Motor Truck Association

UNFJohansen, MichaelRWLRegistered for: 1/ST Racing MD LLC; ASC Engineered Solutions; Access Holdings Management Company, LLC; Alterwood Health, Inc.; Ashley, Inc.; Baltimore Streetcar Museum…

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…

FWAMcDonough, CaitlinHJMRegistered for: AbbVie Inc.; Aligned Data Centers; American Academy of Anesthesiology Assistants, Inc.; Associated Builders & Contractors; Association of Independent Midwives of Maryland (AIMM); Baltimore Gas and Electric Company…