HB 1297 — Income Tax - Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit - Alterations
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-12
Altering certain provisions of law governing the recapture of certain amounts of the credit against the State income tax for certain individuals with student loan debt to require the recapture of the unused amount of the credit rather than the total amount; authorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission to extend the period of time that an individual who claims the credit has to prove that the individual used the credit to repay the individual's student loan debt under certain circumstances; etc.
Latest action: — In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Sponsors (1)
- Julie Palakovich Carr (D, MD-17) — sponsor · 2026-02-12
Action timeline (6)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Ways and Means
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Second Reading — Passed
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable
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referred to committee (2)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate rules | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House ways and means | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julie Palakovich Carr (D, state_lower MD-17) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate rules · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House ways and means · md-leg