S.B. 903: Data Centers - Fast Track Pass for Co-Location and Sales and Use Tax
Maryland, 2025 Regular Session. In committee, February 3, 2025.
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S.B. 903 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
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Establishing an expedited certificate of public convenience and necessity review process for certain co located energy generation projects that have received a fast track pass; establishing a Data Center Fast Track Advisory Committee in the Public Service Commission to facilitate the application for and review and awarding of fast track passes; altering the requirements for qualified data center personal property to be eligible to be exempt from the sales and use tax; etc.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Katie Hester (D)
Subjects Utility Regulation, Taxes - Sales and Use, Administrative Agencies, Assessments and Taxation, Department of, Commercial Property, Committees and Commissions, Construction, Data, Energy Administration, Energy Matters, Environment, Department of the, Environmental Incentives, Environmental Justice, Environmental Matters, Evidence, Exemptions, Forms, Industry and Technology, Licenses, Natural Resources, Department of, Notices, permits, Personal Property, Power Plants, Public Service Commission, Renewable Energy Sources, Rules and Regulations, Sales and Use Tax, Standards and Best Practices, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Testimony, Time, Water, Work, Labor, and Employment, Zoning and Planning The legislature's own list.
Official page mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0903?ys=2025RS. Found through LegiScan (bill 1953168), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- February 3, 2025 In committee
S.B. 903 went to committee in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation.
- February 3, 2025 Introduced
S.B. 903 was introduced in the Senate. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation.
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