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HB 1554

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Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agriculture Purposes - Study and Report

Sponsor: Kevin B. Hornberger (District 35B)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - Sales and UseStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 783 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with certain entities, to study and report to the General Assembly by December 15, 2026, on exempting from the sales and use tax electricity used for agricultural purposes such as raising livestock or poultry, preparing, irrigating, or tending the soil, or planting, maintaining, or transporting seeds or crops; and requiring the report to include an estimate of the fiscal impact of the exemption.

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Testimony (14)

MGA witness list
FAV 14Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDeMinco, LynneBCRWPosition only
FAVMiddleton, GraysonlobbyistDelmarva Chicken AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMiddleton, GraysonlobbyistDelmarva Chicken AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHough, TylerlobbyistMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
FAVHough, TylerlobbyistMaryland Farm BureauWritten (PDF)
FAVZiegler, NatalieMaryland General AssemblyWritten (PDF)
FAVZiegler, NatalieMaryland General AssemblyWritten (PDF)
FAVSeigler, JaneMaryland Horse CouncilPosition only
FAVSeigler, JaneMaryland Horse CouncilPosition only
FAVDavis, StaceyIndividualPosition only
FAVDelegate Hornberger, Delegate HornbergerlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Hornberger, Delegate HornbergerlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVThompson, LindsaylobbyistIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMiddleton, GraysonDelmarva Chicken AssociationRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association
FAVMiddleton, GraysonDelmarva Chicken AssociationRegistered for: Delmarva Chicken Association
FAVHough, TylerMaryland Farm BureauRegistered for: Maryland Farm Bureau
FAVHough, TylerMaryland Farm BureauRegistered for: Maryland Farm Bureau
FAVThompson, LindsayRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Farmland Trust; CropLife America; Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association; Denali Water Solutions; Horizon Farm Credit