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HB 5

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Community Development - Maryland New Markets Development Program - Establishment

Sponsor: Kris Fair (District 3)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Housing and Community DevelopmentStatus: Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) and Hearing canceled (Ways and Means) (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Maryland New Markets Development Program; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer the Program; authorizing a credit against the State insurance premium receipts tax and certain State insurance retaliatory taxes, fees, charges, and penalties for certain equity investments in certain community development entities; authorizing the Department to recapture a credit under certain circumstances; limiting the credit amounts that may be issued to $18,750,000 for any taxable year; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 9Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDressler, RyanAdvantage CapitalOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaCommunity Development Network of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVHinson, CarlaCross Street PartnersOral
FAVFair, KrisMaryland General AssemblyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVEllis, DanNeighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVCoale, TomlobbyistPWRJOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRedding, NicholaslobbyistPreservation MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Fair, Delegate FairlegislatorIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVCoale, TomPWRJRegistered for: Advantage Capital; Authorium; Baltimore Orioles; CI Renewables; City of Annapolis; Ecphora Capital
FAVRedding, NicholasPreservation MarylandRegistered for: Preservation Maryland