MarylandComptroller studies a possible tax break for farm electricity
Maryland’s Comptroller must study a possible tax break for electricity farmers use in listed farm work and report its estimated cost to lawmakers.
What it does
The Comptroller must study a possible sales and use tax break for electricity farmers use in specified farm work and report its estimated cost to lawmakers.
If the Comptroller asks for information needed to prepare the report, an electric company must provide combined electricity use and billing information.
Argument forA cost estimate could help lawmakers weigh a possible tax break for electricity farmers use in their work.
Argument againstFarmers may worry that even combined electricity and billing data could reveal details about their farm use when the Comptroller prepares the report.
More detail
The Comptroller must study whether to exempt certain farm electricity purchases from sales and use tax and report to the General Assembly. The study covers electricity a farmer buys to raise livestock or poultry, prepare, irrigate, or tend soil, or plant, care for, harvest, store, clean, dry, or transport seeds or crops. The Comptroller must consult the Public Service Commission and PJM Interconnection, LLC. The report must estimate the exemption's fiscal impact. The report is due to the General Assembly by December 15, 2026.
An electric company must provide information the Comptroller requests for the report. The duty applies to an electric company asked by the Office of the Comptroller for combined electricity use and billing information. The Comptroller decides what information is needed to prepare the report. The request must be for information needed to prepare the report due by December 15, 2026.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 26Approved by the Governor Wes Moore - Chapter 783Became Law
- Apr 13Returned Passed
- Apr 13Third Reading PassedPassed Senate
- Apr 10Second Reading Passed
- Apr 10Favorable AdoptedMinor
- Apr 10Favorable Report by Budget and TaxationMinor
- Mar 26
- Vote recorded On Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 25Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.
- Mar 19Referred Budget and TaxationMinor
- Mar 18Third Reading PassedPassed House
- Mar 17Favorable Adopted Second Reading PassedMinor
- Mar 13Favorable Report by Ways and MeansMinor
- Mar 5
- Vote recorded On Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 13First Reading Ways and MeansIntroduced
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