Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025)
What this bill does
Establishing the Privacy Protection and Enforcement Unit within the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026; requiring the revenue from the data broker tax be used by Maryland Public Television to provide digital literacy support to students in kindergarten through 12th grade; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (0)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Fitzgerald, Caitriona | Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brown, Anthony | Office of the Attorney General | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Solomon, Delegate Solomonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Rosa, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Shea, Marisa | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Solomon, Jared | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Frazier, Travis | Association of National Advertisers | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Stokes, Meganlobbyist | CCIA | Oral |
| UNF | Heavey, Leonore | Council on State Taxation | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McDonough, Caitlinlobbyist | HJM | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | locklair, caileylobbyist | Maryland Retailers Association | Oral |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Vetter, Drew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Wiggins, Grasonlobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | durkin, margaretlobbyist | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Abrams, Hanna | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | De Campos, Eric | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Dudzic, Matthew | Office of the Comptroller | Written (PDF) |