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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland designates Statewide Independent Living Council as tax-exempt body politic and corporate effective July 1, 2026
Last action · April 28, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 228Sponsor: Mary Washington
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What This Bill Does
Senate Bill 731 clarifies that the Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council is a tax-exempt body politic, corporate, and State instrumentality, effective July 1, 2026.
Establishes the explicit legal and tax-exempt corporate status of the Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council under state law.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council
Receives explicit statutory designation as a tax-exempt body politic and corporate and a State instrumentality.
Centers for Independent Living
Continue to work in conjunction with the Council on submitting, monitoring, implementing, and evaluating the State Plan.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
13 actions- Apr 28, 2026Governor of MarylandEnrolledApproved by the Governor - Chapter 228
- Apr 9, 2026SenateFloorReturned Passed
- Apr 8, 2026HouseFloorThird Reading Passed (133-0)
- Apr 3, 2026HouseFloorFavorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- Apr 2, 2026HouseCommitteeFavorable Report by Ways and Means
- Mar 25, 2026HouseHearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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- Mar 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred Ways and Means
- Mar 19, 2026SenateFloorThird Reading Passed (45-0)
- Mar 18, 2026SenateFloorSecond Reading Passed
- Mar 18, 2026SenateFloorFavorable Adopted
- Mar 18, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable Report by Finance
- Feb 12, 2026SenateHearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Finance
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