Maryland Senate Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 18 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-20 - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for certain individuals with outstanding student loan debt during the taxable year if the debt was incurred to attend an institution of higher education, a certain degree was obtained, and the individual is employed full-time by a Maryland-based employer in a certain field; authorizing certain individuals, on or before December 1 each year, to apply for the credit; providing the total amount of credits issued annually may not exceed $1,000,000; etc.

Income Tax Credit - Individuals Working in STEM Fields - Student Loan Payments

Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]

Sen. Brian Feldman [D]

Sen. Clarence Lam [D]

Sen. Douglas Peters [D]

2019-03-16 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-20	House	Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-03-19	House	First Reading Ways and Means
2019-03-18	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2019-03-14	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-14	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {679738/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-14	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
2019-01-25	Senate	Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-01-25	Senate	First Reading Budget and Taxation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0244?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0244f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0244t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0004/sb0244_67973801.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0244.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0244_b&t.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0613.pdf