File Code: Business Regulation and Occupations
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1447  
- Sponsored By: 
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Senators Conway, Colburn, Della, Garagiola, Lenett, Pugh, and Haines
 
- Entitled: 
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Maryland Individual Tax Preparers Act
 
Creating the State Board of Individual Tax Preparers in the Department
of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing for the composition,
appointment, terms, and expenses of the Board; establishing specified
powers and duties of the Board; requiring individual tax preparers to
pay specified fees; requiring the Board to pay fees to the State
Comptroller; establishing the Individual Tax Preparers Fund; requiring
specified persons to be registered by the Board as individual tax
preparers; requiring a specified public awareness campaign; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/7
 - First Reading Senate Rules
 - 2/14
 - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 - 2/20
 - Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/19
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
 -      Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/21
 - Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 - 4/5
 - Returned Passed
 
House Action
- 3/18
 - First Reading Economic Matters
 - 3/25
 - Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/7
 - Favorable Report by Economic Matters
 - 4/4
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
 -      Special Order later today (Delegate Krysiak)  Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
 -      Motion vote previous question  (Delegate Ross) Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected  (43-82)
 -      Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected
 -      Second Reading Passed
 -      Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day  (Delegate Davis) Adopted (114-23)
 -      Third Reading Passed (112-27)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/22
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 623
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
 - Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
 - Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
 - Senator Mike Lenett, District 19
 - Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Appeals -see also- Judicial Review
 - Appropriations
 - Civil Actions -see also- Small Claims
 - Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties; Sentences; etc.
 - Discipline
 - Disclosure
 - Education -see also- Driver Ed; Higher Ed; Special Ed; etc
 - Examinations
 - Fees -see also- Devt Fees and Taxes; Reimbursement Rates
 - Hearings
 - Income Tax
 - Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
 - Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, Department of
 - Penalties
 - Public Information
 - Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
 - Registration -see also- Motor Vehicle Registration
 - Reports
 - Revenue and Taxes -see also- Dev Fees &Taxes; specific tax
 - Rules and Regulations
 - Sunset
 - Tax Preparers
 - Unfair Trade Practices
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Business Occupations and Professions
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 -   Business Regulation
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- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Senate
- Number: 844736/01     Offered on: March 19, 2008      at:
12:33 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 293121/01     Offered on: April 7, 2008       at:
10:42 p.m.     Status: Rejected
 - Number: 343124/01     Offered on: April 7, 2008       at:
10:46 p.m.     Status: Rejected
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 21, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)
 
House 
- April 4, 2008: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) Rejected  (43-82)
 - April 4, 2008: Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Davis D) Adopted  (114-23)
 - April 4, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (112-27)