HOUSE BILL 20

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)