HB 1554 — Sales and Use Tax - Electricity for Agriculture Purposes - Study and Report
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-13
Requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with certain entities, to study and report to the General Assembly by December 15, 2026, on exempting from the sales and use tax electricity used for agricultural purposes such as raising livestock or poultry, preparing, irrigating, or tending the soil, or planting, maintaining, or transporting seeds or crops; and requiring the report to include an estimate of the fiscal impact of the exemption.
Latest action: — In the House - Returned Passed
Sponsors (2)
- Kevin B. Hornberger (R, MD-35) — sponsor · 2026-02-13
- Sheree Sample-Hughes (D, MD-37) — cosponsor · 2026-02-13
Action timeline (10)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Second Reading — Passed
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Hearing — Ways and Means
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Hearing — Budget and Taxation
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable
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2 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 2 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate budget and taxation | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House ways and means | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin B. Hornberger (R, state_lower MD-35) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Sheree Sample-Hughes (D, state_lower MD-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate budget and taxation · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House ways and means · md-leg