Maryland House Bill 1381 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-14 - Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish a grant program to encourage income tax preparers to prepare and file on behalf of clients the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form; providing that the grant program requires an income tax preparer to pay a specified fee on behalf of a client; requiring that in order to be eligible for the grant program the income tax preparer must prepare and file specified forms on behalf of specified clients; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the program; etc.

Income Tax Preparers - Grant Program - Free Application for Federal Student Aid

Del. Andrew Platt [D]	Sen. Shelly Hettleman [D]	Del. Marc Korman [D]	Sen. Clarence Lam [D]
Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]	Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Kirill Reznik [D]
Del. Pat Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-14	House	Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-12	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1381?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb1381f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0001/hb1381.pdf