2000 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 20

CHAPTER NUMBER: 296 File Code: Taxes - Income
Sponsored By:
Delegates Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, Wood, W. Baker, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bohanan, Bozman, Bronrott, Brown, Cadden, Cane, Carlson, Clagett, Conway, D'Amato, DeCarlo, Donoghue, Doory, Dypski, Finifter, Franchot, Frush, Giannetti, Goldwater, Griffith, Hammen, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hubers, James, V. Jones, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Love, Malone, Mandel, Marriott, McHale, Mitchell, Moe, Patterson, Pendergrass, Petzold, Pitkin, Proctor, Rosso, Sophocleus, Stern, Turner, Valderrama, Weir, Zirkin, Bartlett, Conroy, Cryor, McKee, Phillips, Rudolph, and Shriver
Entitled:
Maryland Clean Energy Incentive Act

Synopsis:

Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for specified appliances that meet or exceed applicable energy efficiency guidelines; allowing a credit against the motor vehicle excise tax for a qualified electric vehicle or a qualified hybrid vehicle; allowing a credit against the State income tax for specified costs of specified equipment that uses solar energy to generate electricity or to heat or cool a structure or provide hot water for use in a structure; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
11/15
Pre-filed
1/12
First Reading Ways and Means
1/19
Hearing 1/25 at 11:00 a.m.
3/25
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Hixson) Adopted
Special Order 3/27 (Delegate Billings) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Billings) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/26
Third Reading Passed (140-0)
4/8
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (135-1)
Passed Enrolled
5/11
Signed by the Governor Chapter 296
Senate Action
3/28
First Reading Budget and Taxation
4/7
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
4/5
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/6
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7
Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
Delegate Charles E. Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 3
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Anthony G. Brown, District 25
Delegate Michael E. Busch, District 30
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Paul H. Carlson, District 39
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate C. Richard D'Amato, District 30
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 13B
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Nancy M. Hubers, District 6
Delegate John A. Hurson, District 18
Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34
Delegate Verna L. Jones, District 44
Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A
Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28
Delegate Brian R. Moe, District 21
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol S. Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate Mary M. Rosso, District 31
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6
Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
CONSERVATION -see also- SOIL CONSERVATION
ENERGY MATTERS -see also- FUEL; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY
EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
EXCISE TAX
EXEMPTIONS
HEATING AND COOLING
HOUSING -see also- APARTMENTS; CONDOMINIUMS; MOBILE HOMES
INCOME TAX
LABELING
MOTOR VEHICLES -see also- ABANDONED; AMBULANCES; BUSES; etc.
MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC INFORMATION
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SALES AND USE TAX
SOLAR ENERGY
SUNSET
TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER
TRANSPORTATION -see also- AIRCRAFT; AIRPORTS; BOATS; etc
UTILITIES -see also- HIGH VOLTAGE LINES; TELEPHONES; WATER
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Tax - General
( 2-1302.1 , 10-718 , 10-719 , 11-226 )
Transportation
( 3-215 , 8-402 , 13-815 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
House
Number: 165662/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 2000   at: 12:49 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 353921/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 27, 2000   at: 3:45 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 433121/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 2000   at: 12:50 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 149634/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 7, 2000   at: 11:45 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 26, 2000: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
April 8, 2000: Third Reading Passed (135-1)
Senate
April 6, 2000: Third Reading Passed (46-0)