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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Winery and Vineyard Economic Development Grant Program [SB-594]
Establishing the Winery and Vineyard Economic Development Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; authorizing certain individuals and corporations to receive a grant equal to 25% of the qualified capital expenses incurred in connection with establishing new wineries or vineyards or completing capital improvements at existing wineries and vineyards; requiring the Governor each year to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $1,000,000 to be used for grants under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 358 on 05/16/2022
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Income Tax - Credit for Travel, Hospitality, and Entertainment [SB-622]
Allowing an individual to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain travel, hospitality, and entertainment expenses paid or incurred in the State by the individual during taxable years 2022 and 2023 under certain circumstances; providing that the credit may not be allowed for certain travel expenses for which the individual claimed a certain federal deduction; requiring the Department of Commerce, on application by an individual, to issue a tax credit certificate in a certain amount; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing Canceled on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Comprehensive Climate Solutions [HB-708]
Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions through the use of various measures, including the alteration of statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, the establishment of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, requiring gas companies and electric companies to provide certain programs and services, and requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings through certain programs and services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2022
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Equitable and Inclusive Transit–Oriented Development Enhancement Act [HB-710]
Altering the More Jobs for Marylanders Program to allow certain businesses located in certain transit-oriented developments to qualify for certain Program benefits; extending the deadline after which the Department of Commerce may not certify certain businesses to participate in the Program; establishing the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund; authorizing the Department of Transportation to use the Fund to provide financial assistance related to transit-oriented development; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/02/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Income Tax - Theatrical Production Tax Credit [HB-641]
Allowing certain theatrical production entities to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain costs incurred for certain theatrical productions within the State; making the credit refundable under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Commerce to administer the credit; and prohibiting the Secretary from issuing tax credit certificates for credit amounts in the aggregate totaling more than $5,000,000 in any fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 258 on 05/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Prince George's Financial Services Corporation - Funding [HB-567]
Requiring the Governor, for fiscal year 2024, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $420,000 to the Department of Commerce to be used to provide an operating grant to the Prince George's Financial Services Corporation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Darryl Barnes
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland New Start Act of 2022 [SB-554]
Establishing the Maryland New Start Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide grants to organizations to create or support existing entrepreneurship development programs to provide assistance to certain formerly imprisoned individuals; establishing the Maryland New Start Microloan Program in the Department of Commerce to provide loans to certain individuals participating in those programs; establishing the Maryland New Start Microloan Program Fund to provide certain loans to covered individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 03/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Equitable and Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act [SB-516]
Establishing the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund; authorizing the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Department of Housing and Community Development, to use the Fund to provide financial assistance to local jurisdictions to be used for certain purposes within a transit-oriented development; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to submit a certain report by November 30, 2025, on efforts to increase transit-oriented development throughout the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/23/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 [SB-528]
Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, establishing of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, developing certain energy efficiency and emissions reduction requirements for certain buildings, requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings, establishing certain zero-emission vehicle requirements for the State fleet, and establishing an electric school bus pilot program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 38 on 04/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment [SB-474]
Establishing the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; establishing the Senator George C. Edwards Fund to provide grant or loan funding to capital infrastructure and business development projects that improve the economic conditions in the Western Maryland region; requiring the Board to develop criteria to review, evaluate, and rate certain proposals for funding, to distribute certain funding, and to monitor and track the progress of certain projects that have received funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 63 on 04/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Income Tax - Film Production Activity Tax Credit - Alterations [HB-432]
Increasing the aggregate amount of film production activity tax credit certificates that the Secretary of Commerce may issue in fiscal year 2023 to $25,000,000 and for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter to $50,000,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2022
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Economic Development – More Jobs for Marylanders Program – Extension and Alterations [HB-418]
Altering the circumstances under which and the period of time for which the Department of Commerce may provide a qualified business entity a certificate certifying that an eligible project is enrolled in the More Jobs for Marylanders Program; and requiring the Comptroller to transfer, from the More Jobs for Marylanders Tax Credit Reserve Fund to the General Fund, an amount equal to the amount stated in the final tax credit certificate issued, rather than that stated in the initial tax credit certificate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2022
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Economic Development - More Jobs for Marylanders Program - Extension and Alterations [SB-391]
Establishing the purpose of the More Jobs for Marylanders Program; altering the circumstances under which and the period of time for which the Department of Commerce may provide a qualified business entity a certificate certifying that an eligible project is enrolled in the Program; altering eligibility for enrollment in the Program and for certain benefits under the Program; prohibiting the Department from awarding initial tax credit certificates exceeding $5,000,000 on or after June 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 136 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County and City of Annapolis - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account - Local State of Emergency [HB-386]
Expanding the eligible uses of the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to include the provision of grants and the conversion of certain loan amounts into grants in Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis when in a declared local state of emergency; limiting to $50,000 the amount of certain grants and loan amounts converted to grants for a single business or nonprofit organization; and establishing the Workgroup to Study the Establishment of a State Disaster Relief Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 490 on 05/29/2022
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Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study [HB-324]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to conduct a study of the participation of minority-owned businesses in the alcoholic beverages industry in the State; requiring the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Transportation to provide staff for the study; and requiring the Office to report its finding and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 749 on 05/29/2022
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Anne Arundel County and City of Annapolis - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account - Local State of Emergency [SB-310]
Expanding the eligible uses of the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to include the provision of grants and the conversion of certain loan amounts into grants in Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis when in a declared local state of emergency; limiting to $50,000 the amount of certain grants and loan amounts converted to grants that may be provided to a single business or nonprofit organization; establishing the Workgroup to Study the Establishment of a State Disaster Relief Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 491 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Nonprofit Development Center Program – Nonprofit, Interest–Free, Micro Bridge Loan (NIMBL) Account – Funding [SB-245]
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 for the Maryland Nonprofit Development Center Program Fund to be used for certain loans under the Nonprofit, Interest-Free, Micro Bridge Loan (NIMBL) Account; and requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2024 if the $1,000,000 is not included in the fiscal year 2023 budget bill.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2022
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Maryland Department of Commerce - Reporting Requirements and Purple Line Construction Zone Grant Program - Alterations [SB-191]
Altering the definition of "economic development program" for purposes of certain data collection, tracking, and reporting requirements of the Maryland Jobs Development Act to include certain tax credit programs; altering the purpose of the Purple Line Construction Zone Grant Program; requiring the Department of Commerce to distribute certain funds under the Grant Program in a certain manner; requiring a county that receives funds under the Program to implement a process for awarding grants to qualified small businesses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 116 on 04/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study [SB-72]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to conduct a study of the participation of minority-owned businesses in the alcoholic beverages industry in the State; requiring the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Transportation to provide staff for the study; and requiring the Office to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 750 on 05/29/2022
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Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act [SB-135]
Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; and establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 01/31/2022