Maryland Senate Bill 294 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-12)
Status: Passed on May 22 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-05-22 - Approved by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Altering the determination of the Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances to exclude from the value of the gross estate up to $5,000,000 of the value of qualified agricultural property; providing that the Maryland estate tax on qualified agricultural property may not exceed 5% of the value of specified agricultural property exceeding $5,000,000; providing for the recapture of specified Maryland estate tax under specified circumstances; requiring the Comptroller to adopt specified regulations; etc.

Family Farm Preservation Act of 2012

Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. David Brinkley [R]	Sen. Richard Colburn [R]
Sen. James DeGrange [D]	Sen. Roy Dyson [D]	Sen. George Edwards [R]	Sen. Jennie Forehand [D]
Sen. Robert Garagiola [D]	Sen. Joseph Getty [R]	Sen. Barry Glassman [R]	Sen. Nancy Jacobs [R]
Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]	Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell [D]	Sen. Edward Kasemeyer [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]
Sen. Allan Kittleman [R]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Jim Mathias [D]
Sen. Nathaniel McFadden [D]	Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]	Sen. Thomas Miller [D]	Sen. Karen Montgomery [D]
Sen. Douglas Peters [D]	Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. E.J. Pipkin [R]	Sen. Edward Reilly [R]
Sen. James Robey [D]	Sen. Christopher Shank [R]	Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Norman Stone [D]
Sen. Ronald Young [D]

2012-04-03 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 125 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2012-03-22 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 46 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-22		Approved by the Governor
2012-04-03		Third Reading Passed (125-0)
2012-04-01		Second Reading Passed
2012-04-01		Favorable Report Adopted
2012-04-06		Favorable Report by Ways and Means
2012-03-28		Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
2012-03-24		First Reading Ways and Means
2012-04-03		Returned Passed
2012-03-22		Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2012-03-20		Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2012-03-20		Favorable with Amendments 679837/1 Report Adopted
2012-03-23		Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
2012-01-31		Hearing 2/8 at 1:00 p.m.
2012-01-26		First Reading Budget and Taxation

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2012rs/billfile/SB0294.htm
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0294f.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0294t.pdf
Text	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/chapters_noln/Ch_448_sb0294T.pdf
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/votes/senate/0758.htm
Roll Call	http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/votes/house/1255.htm