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SB 328

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Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Public Safety Officer or Judicial Officer - Alterations

Sponsor: William G. Folden (District 4)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: Taxes - PropertyStatus: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (132-0) (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit for a certain dwelling, the definition of 'fallen public safety officer or judicial officer' to include disabled public safety officers or judicial officers who have died regardless of the cause of death; repealing a certain requirement that, for the purposes of eligibility for the credit, the dwelling must have been acquired by the disabled or fallen public safety officer or judicial officer, the surviving spouse, or cohabitant within 10 years after a certain finding; etc.

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Testimony (14)

MGA witness list
FAV 14Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVconsoli, angeloFOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgePosition only
FAVFickus, DanielFraternal Order of PoliceOral
FAVJackson, SamiralobbyistMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Written (PDF)
FAVJackson, SamiralobbyistMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Written (PDF)
FAVPhillips, RobertMaryland State Firefighter's AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVCluster, JohnIndividualOral
FAVCluster, JohnIndividualOral
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVMcKay, MikeIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Folden, Senator FoldenlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Folden, Senator FoldenlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJackson, SamiraMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Registered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
FAVJackson, SamiraMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Registered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs