Civil Rights Tax Relief Act advocacy by members of MWELA and MELA

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The Civil Rights Tax Relief Act (CRTRA) will correct a basic inequity in Maryland tax law. Currently, if one is injured in an automobile accident and receives compensatory damages for pain and suffering, no tax is imposed. On the other hand if one is sexually harassed at work (or otherwise discriminated or retaliated against) and receives compensatory damages for emotional distress a tax is imposed.

CRTRA is pending as SB 639 (sponsored by Senators Manno, Forehand, Rosapepe and Raskin) and HB 1169 (sponsored by Delegates Hucker, Barve, Cardin, Dumais, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Lee, Mizeur, Niemann, Rosenberg, V. Turner and Valderrama).

Here are photos from 2013-03-08

Jonathan Puth, Theresa Devine, Gwen D'Souza, Del. Tom Hucker and Tom Gagliardo testify at the House of Delegates hearing.

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Chairperson Sheila Hixson

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Jonathan Puth, Tom Gagliardo, Del. Tom Hucker, Gwen D'Souza, Richard Renner and Josh Bowers, 2013-02-28

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Photo by Dave Kunes

Signing Day, 2013-05-16

Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony "Tony" Brown and Del. Tom Hucker

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Del. Tom Hucker, Del. Dereck Davis, Speaker Michael Busch

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Del. Tom Hucker and Del. Dereck Davis (Chair of the Economic Matters Committee)

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Josh Bowers and Tom Gagliardo

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Theresa Devine and Vikki Rouleau

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Richard Renner, Theresa Devine, Josh Bowers, Del. Tom Hucker, Vikki Rouleau, Tom Gagliardo, Sen. Roger Manno

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Photo by Michael Devine

Official photo of the signing of the CRTRA:

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(Back row) Geoff Simpson, Gwen D'Souza, Josh Bowers, Richard Renner. (Front row) Tom Gagliardo, Theresa Devine, Vikki Rouleau, Bruce Fredrickson

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Photo by Michael Devine

Victory Party! Hosted by Gary Gilbert, 2013-06-20

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Want more?
See photos of the 2013 MWELA conference here.
See photos of the 2012 MWELA conference here.
Or, MWELA Happy Hour, 2011-05-25

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