Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal
Sponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (District 17)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - Sales and UseStatus: Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Repealing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; and repealing the authorization for a governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers.
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Testimony (66)
MGA witness listFAV 54FavorableUNF 12Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Demiray, Sonia | Climate Communications Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Clancy, Jennifer | Friends of Jennifer Clancy | Position only |
| FAV | Bartolomeo, Kathleen | GCAN, MCRT | Position only |
| FAV | LeRoy, Greg | Good Jobs First | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Organization, HoCo Climate Action | HoCo Climate Action | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Smith, Virginia | IndivisibleHoCoMD | Position only |
| FAV | Feighner, Liz | Liz Feighner, self | Position only |
| FAV | Schumitz, Kalilobbyist | Maryland Center on Economic Policy | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McCutchen, Susan | Maryland Coalition for Responsible Transit | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kinsey, Kathy | Mobilize Frederick | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Birch, Dorothy | N/A | Position only |
| FAV | Dickter, Natalie | N/A | Position only |
| FAV | Brady, Nancy | Nancy Brady | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Davis, Mariahlobbyist | Nature Forward | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McCarthy, Angie | Nature Forward | Position only |
| FAV | Carter, Alita-Geri | Qualequity Access | Position only |
| FAV | Cavanaugh, Jean | Self | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Miller, Cynthia | Third Act MD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Arndt, Dave | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Boado, Alexi | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Briddell, Katherine | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Brown, Juliet | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Coe, Marcia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cohn, Debbie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Colangelo, Diana | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cook, Kristin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Del Giudice, Karen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Palakovich Carr, Delegate Palakovich Carrlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Gadsby, Joanna | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Goodwin, Autumn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Greenberg, Marcia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hirshon, Robert | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Jacob, Evelyn | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Kranz, Rhonda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Logie, James | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | McCollum, Taylor | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | McFadden, Lucy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | O'Brien, Laura | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Palakovich Carr, Julie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pearce, Alison | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Perna, Pamela | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Russell, Brandon | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Russo, Grace | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | SCHARPF, Ann | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Saulnier, Jacqueline | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Saxton, Stephanie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Soreng, Nancy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Street, Debra | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Turner, Rebecca | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Villadiego, Tyra | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Weiss, Ron | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wilson, Andrea | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Rood, Dusty | Data Center Alliance | Oral |
| UNF | Zirkle, Andrewlobbyist | Data Center Alliance of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Boender, Kharalobbyist | Data Center Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Allen, Hannahlobbyist | Maryland Chamber of Commerce | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | LaHatte, Jennifer | Maryland Department of Commerce | Written (PDF) |
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Organizations on record
Data Center AllianceUNF 1
GCAN, MCRTFAV 1
Good Jobs FirstFAV 1
HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1
IndivisibleHoCoMDFAV 1
Liz Feighner, selfFAV 1
Mobilize FrederickFAV 1
N/AFAV 2
NAIOP MarylandUNF 1
Nancy BradyFAV 1
Nature ForwardFAV 2
Qualequity AccessFAV 1
SelfFAV 1
Third Act MDFAV 1
YearFAV 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy
UNFZirkle, AndrewData Center Alliance of MarylandRegistered for: Technology Council of Maryland, Inc.
UNFBoender, KharaData Center CoalitionRegistered for: Data Center Coalition; Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
UNFAscher, JasonMid-Atlantic Pipe Trades AssociationRegistered for: Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association; UA Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 486
UNFLevine, BrianMontgomery County Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce