Business Regulation And Occupations
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
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Business Regulation - Micro Markets - Licensure [SB-758]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Providing that the owner or operator of a micro market is not required to have a person in charge present during the hours of operation under certain circumstances; establishing the requirements for certain food sold at a micro market; requiring the owner or operator of a micro market to post a certain sign that is clearly visible to the consumer; requiring certain video surveillance recordings to be maintained for 14 days and to be made available for inspection by the Comptroller or certain other agencies within 24 hours of a certain request; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward R. Reilly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 339 on 04/24/2018
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Business Regulation - Collection Agencies - Exemptions From Licensure [SB-68]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the exemption from the requirement that a person must have a license to operate as a collection agency to include all lawyers, and employees under the supervision of a lawyer, who are collecting a debt for a client; repealing the requirement that lawyers who have employees who are nonlawyers primarily engaged in debt collection must have a license to operate as a collection agency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne Norman
Hearing 2/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2018
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Business Regulation – Wireless Security Systems – Local Government Licenses and Permits [SB-662]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a local government from requiring an electrical license or an electrical permit to install, maintain, inspect, replace, or service a certain wireless security systems if the wireless security system does not require the submission of a fire protection plan review to a local government for compliance with the State or local building code; authorizing a local government to require providers and operators of wireless security systems to comply with certain ordinances and obtain certain registrations or permits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 206 on 04/24/2018
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Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [SB-65]
[Real Estate ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation for purposes of regulating common ownership community property management services in the State; providing for the composition of the Board; providing that the Act does not prohibit certain persons from providing services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/05/2018
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State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors - Membership [SB-64]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing the requirement that certain licensed home inspector members of the State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors be members of a certain home inspection organization or society; and requiring certain licensed home inspector members of the Commission to have held a license in the State for at least 5 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 159 on 04/24/2018
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Financial Institutions - Nondepository Special Fund - Expansion [SB-6]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring certain revenue, fees, and examination and investigation fees and assessments relating to the licensure of collection agencies, consumer lenders, installment lenders, sales finance companies, mortgage lenders, check cashing services, and credit services businesses to be credited to the Nondepository Special Fund; altering the composition and the purpose of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/26/2018
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Devices Capable of Accessing Content on the Internet - Blocking Capability (Human Trafficking Prevention Act for Maryland) [SB-585]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Human Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting certain businesses from doing business in the State unless they provide a digital blocking capability for Internet-accessible devices that makes inaccessible certain unlawful electronic or visual depictions or certain websites that facilitate certain unlawful acts; requiring certain businesses to make reasonable and ongoing efforts to ensure that the digital blocking capability functions properly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2018
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Wicomico County - Motorcycles - Sunday Sales [SB-355]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a vehicle dealer in Wicomico County to sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer for sale a motorcycle or certificate of title for a motorcycle on Sunday.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 87 on 04/10/2018
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Business Regulation - Boat Winterization - Shrink Wrapping (Matthew's Law) [SB-19]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting a business that winterizes boats from shrink wrapping a boat until all winterization procedures that require an employee to be inside the boat are complete.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward R. Reilly
Hearing 2/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2018
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Charles County - Cigarette Retailers - County License Fee [SB-1266]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing the fee from $25 to $125 for a county license to sell cigarettes at retail in Charles County; requiring the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Charles County to distribute $25 of each license fee to the Comptroller and to distribute $100 of each license fee to Charles County to be used to enforce existing laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco or tobacco products to minors; and prohibiting the use of certain funds to supplant certain existing funding for a certain purpose.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 04/09/2018
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Burial Sites – Access, Required Consultation, and Tax Credit [SB-1242]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that the owner of a burial site or land encompassing a burial site that is more than 50 years old and in which the majority of persons interred have been interred for more than 50 years to consult with the Maryland Historical Trust regarding certain matters; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant a property tax credit on a real property improvement that substantiates, demarcates, commemorates, or celebrates a burial ground; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 507 on 05/08/2018
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Task Force to Investigate the Challenges of and Opportunities for Minorities in Business - Report and Sunset Extension [SB-1230]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the date to December 31, 2018, rather than 2017, by which the Task Force to Investigate the Challenges of and Opportunities for Minority Business is required to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly; and extending the termination date of the Task Force for an additional year to June 30, 2019.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Robinson
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/01/2018
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Anne Arundel County - Short-Term Residential Rentals - Taxation and Regulation [SB-1225]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Imposing the Anne Arundel County hotel occupancy tax on certain consideration paid for the use or occupancy of a short-term residential rental in the county; providing for the administration and collection of the Anne Arundel County hotel occupancy tax on short-term residential rentals; prohibiting a person from operating a short-term residential rental without a license; authorizing certain short-term residential rentals as a conditional use allowed in certain residential districts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/01/2018
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Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [SB-1209]
[Real Estate ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing for the composition of the Board and the appointment, terms, and expenses of the Board members; providing that the Act does not prohibit certain persons from providing services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license or a limited license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2018
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Business Regulation - Home Improvement Contracts [SB-1198]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing certain home improvement retailers to obtain the full contract price of a home improvement contract before or at the time of execution of the contract under certain circumstances; requiring certain home improvement retailers to post an irrevocable letter of credit in a certain amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for a certain purpose; authorizing certain owners to file a complaint with the Maryland Home Improvement Commission under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to investigate certain complaints; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gail H Bates
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 04/05/2018
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Business Regulation - Limited Residential Lodging [SB-1081]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring innkeepers and hosting platform operators offering certain types of limited residential lodging to operate in a certain manner; requiring that certain records be made available to the Comptroller, the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, a law enforcement agency, a county, or a municipality; authorizing certain entities to order an innkeeper to cease and desist from offering certain lodging; providing that a hosting platform operator may not facilitate booking transactions except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John C Astle
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2018
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State Board for Professional Engineers - Examination Requirements - Engineer-in-Training [SB-106]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing individuals to apply to the State Board for Professional Engineers or a designee of the Board to take the Fundamentals of Engineering examination in order to obtain an engineer-in-training certificate; repealing certain requirements relating to the examination; permitting an authorized official of the Board to sign an engineer-in-training certificate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 48 on 04/10/2018
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Gas Price Clarity Act of 2018 [SB-1046]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the information about a certain measurement of certain gasoline that must be stated on a sign on the premises of a retail service station dealer to require the highest price, or the cash price and the credit price, be stated in a clear and visible manner; authorizing a certain sign to state the highest price for a certain measurement of certain other motor fuel products; and repealing a certain exemption from a certain signage requirement for certain retail service station dealers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/19/2018
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Constitutional Amendment - Cannabis - Use, Possession, Cultivation, and Sale [SB-1039]
[Cannabis ]
Amending the Maryland Constitution to establish that, subject to certain exceptions, an individual in the State who is at least 21 years old may under State law use cannabis, possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis, cultivate up to 6 cannabis plants, and share a certain amount of cannabis; providing that the amendment does not require or prohibit certain employment policies, authorize certain driving conduct, or change certain existing laws, with a certain exception; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
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Commissioner of Financial Regulation - Student Education Loans - Ombudsman and Licensing of Servicers [SB-1012]
[Student Loans ]
[Finance ]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to designate an individual to serve as the Student Loan Ombudsman; establishing the duties and responsibilities of the Student Loan Ombudsman; requiring the Ombudsman, in consultation with the Commissioner, to establish a certain student loan borrower education course with certain requirements; prohibiting a person from engaging in student education loan servicing unless the person is licensed by the Commissioner or is exempt from licensing; establishing application requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/05/2018