2000 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 240

CHAPTER NUMBER: 510 File Code: Taxes - Income
Sponsored By:
Senators Hoffman, Ruben, Van Hollen, Hogan, Currie, Stoltzfus, Baker, Bromwell, Lawlah, Munson, Madden, Kasemeyer, McFadden, Middleton, Neall, and Stone
Entitled:
Income Tax - Earned Income Credit

Synopsis:

Increasing from 12.5% to 15% the percentage of the federal earned income credit used for determining the amount that an individual with one or more dependents may claim as a refundable credit; authorizing the counties and Baltimore City to make the county earned income credit refundable under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/27
First Reading Budget and Taxation
2/2
Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
3/29
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
3/30
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/31
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
4/8
Senate Concur - House Amendments
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Passed Enrolled
5/18
Signed by the Governor Chapter 510
House Action
3/29
First Reading Ways and Means
3/31
Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
4/8
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
4/5
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/6
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (118-13)
Sponsored by:
Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
Senator Walter M. Baker, District 36
Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator Robert R. Neall, District 33
Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
INCOME TAX
TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER
Bill affects the following Statute:
Tax - General
( 10-704 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
Senate
Number: 169836/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 30, 2000   at: 11:28 a.m.     Status: Adopted
House
Number: 455567/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2000   at: 12:26 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
March 31, 2000: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
April 8, 2000: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
House
April 6, 2000: Third Reading Passed (118-13)