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Votes at a glance: Ways and Means advances several bills, adopts technical amendments
Summary
At the March 19 Ways and Means voting session the committee advanced a consent calendar and moved several bills favorable with amendments, including bills on tax enforcement, sales/use tax MPUs, school mapping data and comptroller settlement authority.
The Ways and Means Committee cleared a slate of bills on Thursday, moving a consent calendar and advancing several individual measures with adopted amendments.
Consent calendar: Minority Leader Delegate Buckle moved a favorable consent calendar combining House Bills 358, 436, 1095, 1623 and 1171; the committee approved the consent calendar by voice vote and the chair announced the ayes had it.
Other bills moved favorable with amendments:
- House Bill 929 (Delegate Roberson): A Carroll County delegation bill allowing a county to deny issuance or renewal of a commercial license or permit if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes. The committee adopted a technical amendment and moved the bill favorable; economic matters is the primary committee for substantive review.
- House Bill 933 (Delegate Polakovich Carr): Alters state sales and use tax provisions related to multiple points of use (MPU) certificates for specified digital goods and taxable data and information technology services. Amendments cover application, denial, renewal, revocation and vendor verification procedures and change the bill's effective date; amendments were adopted and the bill moved favorable with amendments.
- House Bill 1000 (Delegate Ebersole): Requires school mapping data with site‑specific labeling matching the one‑mile radius surrounding school grounds; amendments clarify the requirements apply prospectively and require inclusion of bodies of water. The bill moved forward favorable with amendments.
- House Bill 1149 (Delegate Polakovich Carr): Authorizes the comptroller to settle state claims in arrears; amendments limit the bill to claims against business entities that have permanently ceased operations. The committee adopted the amendment and moved the bill favorable with amendments.
Committee schedule and adjournment: The chair closed the day's vote list, said the committee will be back on the floor at 5:30, and solicited subcommittee scheduling; Delegate Ebersole and Delegate Roberson announced subcommittee meetings for the following day. The committee adjourned.
All motions recorded in the transcript were adopted by voice vote; the committee did not record roll‑call tallies in the provided transcript.
