Seventy-two of the 141 members of the Maryland House of Delegates have signed on as co-sponsors of a bill that would repeal the computer services sales tax enacted during the legislature’s November 2007 special session.

“The Maryland Chamber thanks the 72 Delegates who signed on as co-sponsors of HB 196,” said Maryland Chamber President & CEO Kathy Snyder. “A majority of Maryland Delegates have concluded that the computer services sales tax is a bad idea. They recognize the negative impact the tax would have on Maryland’s economic development goal of maintaining a high-tech knowledge economy and workforce.”

The following delegates are co-sponsors of HB 196: Delegates Pendergrass, F. Turner, Guzzone, Ali, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Bates, Beidle, Beitzel, Bromwell, G. Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Dumais, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, George, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Harrison, Hecht, Hucker, James, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, King, Kipke, Kramer, Krebs, Lee, Levi, Levy, Malone, Mathias, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Miller, Minnick, Mizeur, Montgomery, Morhaim, Myers, Norman, O’Donnell, Olszewski, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Rosenberg, Schuh, Schuler, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stein, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Taylor, Vaughn, Walker, Weldon, and Wood.

Repealing the computer services sales tax is a Maryland Chamber priority.

If you see your delegates on the list above, send them an email to thank them for their support. If your delegates are missing, email then and ask them to support this bill.