MD HB891 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Hearing: Feb 13 @ 1:00 pm House Ways and Means Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 30 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Hearing: Feb 13 @ 1:00 pm House Ways and Means Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Allowing certain local newsrooms to claim a credit against the State income tax for wages paid during the taxable year to each full-time local newsroom employees, subject to certain limitations; prohibiting a local newsroom from claiming the tax credit for more than 5 taxable years for any individual local newsroom employee; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
Title
Income Tax - Local Newsroom Tax Credit
Sponsors
| Del. Joe Vogel [D] | Del. Linda Foley [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | House | Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-01-30 | House | First Reading Ways and Means |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tax - General | 10 | 758 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0891?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0891f.pdf |
