Community Development
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Community Development Administration - Live Near Where You Teach Program - Establishment [HB-81]
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[Education ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Community Development Administration in the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer a home buyer assistance program and certain community development projects that assist certain school staff members with the purchase of homes near where the school staff member is employed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Community Safety Act [HB-1146]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Community Safety Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 05/31/2022
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Restore Funding for Low-Income Housing [HB-1124]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Restore Funding for Low-Income Housing
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 05/31/2022
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Funds for Smithville Comm. Dev. Corp [SB-781]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
Funds for Smithville Comm. Dev. Corp
Sponsored by: Sen. Natasha Marcus
Passed 1st Reading on 05/25/2022
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Bertie County Funds [SB-759]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Bertie County Funds
Sponsored by: Sen. Ernestine Bazemore
Withdrawn From Com on 05/23/2022
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Bertie County Funds [SB-756]
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[Grants ]
Bertie County Funds
Sponsored by: Sen. Ernestine Bazemore
Withdrawn From Com on 05/23/2022
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Funds/Projects in Swain & Jackson Counties [HB-994]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Funds/Projects in Swain & Jackson Counties
Sponsored by: Rep. James Clampitt
Passed 1st Reading on 05/19/2022
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North Carolina 2021-2022 Session
Funds Mary Potter School Shop Rehab [HB-989]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
Funds Mary Potter School Shop Rehab
Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Garrison
Passed 1st Reading on 05/19/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Transportation - Magnetic Levitation Transportation Systems - Rapid Rail Local Development Councils [SB-1013]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Nonprofit ]
Requiring a railroad company that acquires property by condemnation for a magnetic levitation transportation system to pay an additional amount equal to 25% of the acquisition cost of the property to a local development council; authorizing the governing body of a county to establish a rapid rail local development council; and requiring a rapid rail local development council to distribute funds for certain community projects to a nonprofit organization, a school, a faith-based organization, or a certain community organization.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Motion Rules Suspend To Refer (senator Beidle) Adopted (37-8) on 04/06/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development – Business Projects and the Business Development Program – Financial Assistance [HB-1451]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Finance ]
Authorizing the Community Development Administration to provide certain forms of financial assistance for business projects; altering the requirements for a project to qualify as a certain business project; authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain forms of financial assistance under the Business Development Program; and authorizing the Department to sell or assign a certain equity interest without approval or execution by the Board of Public Works.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 380 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Sales of Residential Real Property - Offers to Purchase and Transfer Tax [HB-1345]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
Authorizing a person who offers certain residential real property for sale to a third party, for the first 30 days, to accept only an offer to purchase the property made by certain persons; and altering the rate of the State transfer tax payable for an instrument of writing for a sale of certain residential real property under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Affordable Housing Land Trusts - Funding and Property Tax Exemption [HB-1104]
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[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to reserve 2.5% of community development block grant funds awarded to the State for nonentitlement areas for award to affordable housing land trusts in the nonentitlement areas; establishing the intent of the General Assembly that certain entitlement areas award 2.5% of community development block grant funds to affordable housing land trusts; and exempting from property taxes real property held by an affordable housing land trust under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Referred To Interim Study By Ways And Means on 04/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland State Bank Task Force - Establishment [HB-984]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland State Bank Task Force to review and evaluate the creation of a Maryland State Bank; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations by December 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Sports Wagering - Prince George's County Stadiums - Sports Wagering Community Impact Fund [HB-980]
[Gaming ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Sports ]
Requiring that 5% of the proceeds from sports wagering at a stadium located in Prince George's County be distributed to the Sports Wagering Community Impact Fund; establishing the Sports Wagering Community Impact Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; providing that the Fund may be used only for certain purposes within a 1-mile radius of the stadium; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Small Box Discount Stores - Zoning Requirements and Community Agreements [SB-869]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to establish certain requirements and take certain actions with regard to the location of and use of a property as a small box discount store; defining "small box discount store" as a retail store with a floor area between 5,000 and 12,000 square feet that offers for sale a combination and variety of goods and a majority of the items at a price of $5 or less; and requiring the Mayor and City Council to conduct a comprehensive small box discount store diversity study.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 636 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Land Conservation - Establishment of Goals and Programs (Maryland the Beautiful Act) [SB-791]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to certain land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; establishing a Land Preservation Rapid Response Advisory Committee to review loan applications and make recommendations on which projects to fund; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Fund; requiring the Governor to include $10,000,000 in the fiscal year 2024 budget bill for the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 03/08/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform [SB-833]
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[Small Business ]
[Crime ]
[Economic Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to conduct a baseline study of cannabis use in the State; establishing the Cannabis Business Assistance Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide assistance to small, minority, and women-owned businesses entering the adult-use cannabis industry; altering certain provisions relating to penalties, charging procedures, expungement, shielding, and sentencing for certain marijuana-related offenses; legalizing the use and possession of marijuana under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Third Reading Passed (29-17) on 04/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment [HB-838]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
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 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: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 62 on 04/12/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform [HB-837]
[Cannabis ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to conduct a baseline study of cannabis use in the State by March 1, 2023; altering certain provisions relating to penalties, charging procedures, expungement, shielding, and sentencing for certain offenses involving cannabis; legalizing the use and possession of a certain quantity of cannabis by an individual who is at least 21 years old; establishing the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council and a Cannabis Public Health Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 26 on 04/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Equitable and Inclusive Transit–Oriented Development Enhancement Act [HB-710]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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