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Laws · Maryland · H.B. 560

H.B. 560: Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal

Maryland, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, January 28, 2026.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

Repealing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain sales of certain personal property for use at certain qualified data centers under certain circumstances; and repealing the authorization for a governing body of a county or municipal corporation to reduce or eliminate the assessment of certain personal property used in certain qualified data centers.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Julie Palakovich Carr (D); Gabriel Acevero (D); Heather Bagnall (D); Regina Boyce (D); Eric Ebersole (D); Elizabeth Embry (D); Kris Fair (D); Jessica Feldmark (D); Dana Jones (D); Aaron Kaufman (D); Robbyn Lewis (D); Lesley Lopez (D); Aletheia McCaskill (D); Gabriel Moreno (D); Malcolm Ruff (D); Sheila Ruth (D); Vaughn Stewart (D); Jen Terrasa (D); Jennifer White Holland (D); Greg Wims (D); Teresa Woorman (D)

Subjects Taxes - Sales and Use, Taxes - Property, Assessments, Counties, Data Centers, Exemptions, Municipal Corporations, Personal Property, Property Tax, Sales and Use Tax The legislature's own list.

Official page mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0560?ys=2026RS. Found through LegiScan (bill 2095428), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. January 28, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 560 went to committee in the House of Delegates. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First Reading Ways and Means.

  2. January 28, 2026 Introduced

    H.B. 560 was introduced in the House of Delegates. mgaleg.maryland.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First Reading Ways and Means.

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Sources

  1. H.B. 560 on the legislature's site mgaleg.maryland.gov

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