Commerce And Business
Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements [SB-195]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Food ]
Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2022, a person from using, manufacturing, or knowingly selling or distributing certain fire-fighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2022, a person from manufacturing, selling, or distributing a certain rug or carpet in the State; prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2022, a manufacturer or distributor from manufacturing, selling, or distributing certain food packaging in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela G Beidle
First Reading Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 01/13/2021
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Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit for Business Entities - State of Emergency [SB-261]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county property tax imposed on real or personal property owned or leased by a business entity affected by a state of emergency declared under Title 14 of the Public Safety Article; authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County to provide for the amount and duration of the credit, the eligibility criteria, and the regulations and application process for the credit; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/22/2021
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Maryland Paint Stewardship [HB-127]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
Requiring certain producers or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment on or before January 1, 2022, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment, submitted in accordance with the Paint Stewardship Program; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint under certain circumstances on a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina T. Boyce
Motion Recommit To Committee (senator Hester) Adopted on 04/08/2021
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Economic Development - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Alterations [HB-6]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the title of the Executive Director of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation; increasing the membership of the Board of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation from 15 to 19 members; requiring that at least one of the two Board members representing colleges and universities represent an historically black college or university, with a certain exception; authorizing the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland to make certain changes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing 1/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Department of Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation - Established [HB-62]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing the Department of Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation to assist units of State government in identifying and evaluating qualified minority business enterprises to help achieve the objective for greater use of minority business enterprises; establishing the Department in the Executive Branch; transferring authority over from the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority; transferring the responsibilities of the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business affairs to the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 1/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Department of Housing and Community Development - Office of Statewide Broadband - Established (Digital Connectivity Act of 2021) [HB-97]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to ensure that every resident of the State is supported by high-quality broadband Internet service at an affordable price and has the tools necessary to use and take advantage of the Internet; requiring the Office to develop, by July 1, 2022, a statewide plan to ensure all State residents can connect to reliable broadband Internet by December 31, 2026; establishing the Digital Inclusion Fund to support capacity building in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/28/2021
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Clean Energy Attribute Credits and Procurement [SB-53]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a clean energy attribute credit standard for certain purposes; repealing certain provisions relating to the renewable energy portfolio standard; stating certain findings of the General Assembly; stating certain policies of the State regarding certain energy sources and markets; requiring the Public Service Commission to appoint an independent administrator for certain purposes with certain qualifications and certain duties; providing for the term and reappointment of the independent administrator; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [HB-121]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Poverty ]
[Social Security ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission; providing for the composition, staffing, chair and vice chair, and terms of the members of the Commission; providing that the purpose of the Commission is to develop and administer a program for the provision of compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive benefits administered by the Commission; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wanika Fisher
Hearing 1/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Commercial Law – Retail Transactions – Cash Payments (Cash Transactions Preservation Act) [HB-340]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Prohibiting a merchant, in certain transactions, from prohibiting a person from making a cash payment to purchase goods and services, requiring a person to purchase goods or services by using a credit or debit card, or charging or collecting from a person a fee for making a cash payment for the purchase of goods or services; providing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act and subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 1/27 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/14/2021
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Maryland Stadium Authority – Applicability of Prevailing Wage [HB-20]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
Applying the Maryland Prevailing Wage Law to the Maryland Stadium Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 2/04 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/20/2021
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Energy Efficiency - Net-Zero Homes - Contract Preferences [SB-77]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Veterans ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to give preference to applications for funding for a net-zero home from the Energy-Efficient Homes Construction Fund that will use the services of small, minority, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses in the clean energy industry, particularly those businesses that provide employment for individuals trained through workforce development programs supported by the Strategic Energy Investment Fund and the Clean Energy Workforce Account.
Sponsored by: Sen. Melony G Griffith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 302 on 05/18/2021
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State and County Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program Participation Goals [SB-33]
[Small Business ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Special Secretary for the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General, to establish a certain overall percentage participation goal for certain minority business enterprises; requiring the Special Secretary to consider certain information when establishing the goal; requiring each unit of State government to structure procurement procedures in a certain manner to try to achieve a certain goal; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing Canceled on 02/02/2021
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Financial Institutions – Commissioner of Financial Regulation – Money Transmissions [SB-219]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing licensing requirements for certain money transmission locations; altering certain net worth requirements for certain applicants for a license to engage in money transmission; requiring an applicant for a license to engage in money transmission to provide the address of each self-service financial kiosk in a certain application; specifying a $500 licensing fee that an applicant for a branch location license is required to pay; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Hearing 1/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Natural Resources - Shrimp Fishery - Licensing and Regulation [SB-343]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Small Business ]
[Water ]
Requiring a person to obtain a license from the Department of Natural Resources before catching shrimp for commercial purposes; and authorizing the Department to adopt certain regulations governing any aspect of the shrimp fishery, including regulations establishing and implementing a pilot program related to fishing for shrimp.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Hearing 1/14 At 3:00 P.m. on 12/29/2021
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Natural Resources – Fishing – Wild–Caught Blue Catfish [SJR-4]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
[Trade ]
Opposing certain inspection rules promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that have drastically impeded the harvest and sale of blue catfish and thus rendered the State unable to adequately use the commercial harvest as a form of control over the invasive blue catfish species; urging the U.S. Congress to amend 21 U.S.C. § 601(w) to exempt the wild catch of domestic catfish from certain inspection requirements; and requiring a copy of the Resolution to be forwarded to certain elected officials.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/29/2021
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Business Regulation - Innkeepers - Records and Human Trafficking Awareness Training [HB-338]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Tourism ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring an innkeeper to maintain a computerized record-keeping system of all guest transactions and receipts; requiring that certain records be kept for not less than 6 months from the date of the creation of the record; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services and the Maryland Department of Labor to approve an educational training program and a refresher training program for identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing 1/19 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/29/2021
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State Finance and Procurement - Procurement Improvement Council - Duties and Report on eMaryland Marketplace [HB-137]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Procurement Improvement Council to provide a forum to discuss the use of eMaryland Marketplace and compliance with certain provisions of law; and requiring the Council to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 22, 2022 regarding guidelines on how to identify entities required to publish procurement information on the eMaryland Marketplace, how to identify entities that do not comply with the requirement to publish on the eMaryland Marketplace, and recommendations on enforcement mechanisms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 1/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Department of Information Technology - Office of Broadband and Joint Committee on Broadband [HB-43]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Altering the uses of the Rural Broadband Assistance Fund; establishing the Office of Broadband in the Department of Information Technology to assist local jurisdictions in improving access to high-speed internet; requiring the Office to coordinate with certain Executive Branch agencies and stakeholders; establishing the Joint Committee on Broadband to ensure that local jurisdictions in the State are able to expand access to high-speed internet and make recommendations for new laws, programs, and services needed to support the expansion; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol L. Krimm
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/31/2021
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Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition [HB-134]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Providing that certain licenses to manufacture, sell, buy, and store cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices do not authorize the licensee to or to attempt to manufacture, ship, import, or sell into or within the State a flavored tobacco product; providing that a public statement that cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices have or produce a certain smell or taste is presumptive evidence that they are flavored tobacco products if the statement is made by certain persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 2/10 At 1:30 P.m. (economic Matters) on 01/20/2021
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Public Safety - Emergency Powers Limitations (Consent of the Governed Act) [HB-17]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Making certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of certain emergency orders subject to the Act; providing that a certain declaration is only effective with a certain approval by the General Assembly and for only a certain period of time; repealing a certain provision of legislative intent; altering certain criminal penalties; requiring the Governor to take certain actions within a certain number of days of the issuance of a certain emergency order; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cox
Hearing 1/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021