Economic And Community Development
Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act of 2019." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67. [SB-461]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act of 2019." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janince Bowling
Action Deferred In Senate Commerce & Labor Committee on 03/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Funding and Reporting [HB-1658]
[Economic Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Governor to appropriate certain amounts of money to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in fiscal years 2022 through 2026; requiring the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to submit certain reports to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly on or before October 15 each year, beginning in 2022 and for the next 4 years; and repealing the termination of a certain provision of law requiring the Governor to appropriate a certain amount of money to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Stadium Authority – Youth and Amateur Sports Grants Program and Michael Erin Busch Sports Fund [HB-1659]
[Sports ]
[Tourism ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Youth and Amateur Sports Grants Program to provide grants from the Michael Erin Busch Sports Fund to bring new youth and amateur events to the State and attract sports fans, participants, and tourists; requiring Maryland Sports to implement and administer the Program in a certain manner; requiring the Comptroller to distribute a certain amount of money from the State Lottery Fund to the Michael Erin Busch Sports Fund each fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Stadium Authority - Youth and Amateur Sports Grants Program and Fund [SB-1076]
[Sports ]
[Tourism ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Youth and Amateur Sports Grants Program to provide grants from the Youth and Amateur Sports Fund to bring new youth and amateur sporting events to the State and attract sports fans, participants, and tourists; requiring Maryland Sports to implement and administer the Program in a certain manner; requiring the Comptroller to distribute a certain amount of money from the State Lottery Fund to the Youth and Amateur Sports Fund each fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic and Community Development - Tax Credit for Catalytic Projects [SB-1070]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Finance ]
Allowing a credit against the State income tax for certain rehabilitation expenses for certain catalytic projects; requiring the Secretary of Housing and Community Development to issue tax credit certificates in an amount equal to 20% of certain rehabilitation expenses, subject to certain limitations; prohibiting the Secretary from issuing tax credit certificates for credit amounts in the aggregate totaling more than $10,000,000; providing for the allocation of the credit among certain associates of a business entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Funding and Reporting [SB-1065]
[Economic Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Governor to appropriate certain amounts of money to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in fiscal years 2022 through 2026; requiring the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to submit certain reports to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly on or before October 15 each year, beginning in 2022 and for the next 4 years; and repealing the termination of a certain provision of law requiring the Governor to appropriate a certain amount of money to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Shelter and Transitional Housing Facilities Grant Program - Mandated Funding [HB-1641]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Altering from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000, beginning in fiscal year 2022 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the amount the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill or the capital budget bill for the Shelter and Transitional Housing Facilities Grant Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Management Program [SB-1049]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Management Program to provide funds to a certain collaborative; defining "collaborative" as commitments of partnership between at least two cybersecurity organizations to improve the State's cybersecurity workforce needs, as per a signed agreement; authorizing the Program to award only one competitive matching grant in the first year; requiring the Governor, in fiscal years 2022 through 2024, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of up $1,000,000 for the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2020
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Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act of 2019." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67. [HB-273]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
As introduced, enacts the "Save Tennessee Call Center Jobs Act of 2019." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 50 and Title 67.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver
Taken Off Notice For Cal. In Consumer And Human Resources Committee on 06/04/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Program - Extension and Alterations [HB-1585]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Extending and altering the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Program; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations to the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund for certain fiscal years; altering certain requirements for certain individuals in certain positions funded by endowment proceeds; altering the distribution of certain revenue from the State admissions and amusement tax in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Maryland Tourism Development Board - Grants [HB-1441]
[Economic Development ]
[Tourism ]
[Grants ]
Expanding the requirement that the Maryland Tourism Development Board provide grants to certain tourism organizations by including nongovernmental tourism organizations as authorized recipients of grants from the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means; Withdrawn on 02/28/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Makerspace Initiative Pilot Program [HB-1455]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Makerspace Initiative Pilot Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to encourage the establishment and expansion of makerspaces throughout the State; authorizing the Corporation to award certain financial assistance to local governments, certain designees of local governments, and certain nonprofit entities for the establishment of makerspaces in the State; requiring the Corporation, after consulting with the Secretary of Commerce, to adopt certain standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Third Reading Passed (131-0) on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development [HB-1452]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department of the Environment to promote the development of markets for recycled materials and recycled products in the State in a certain manner; requiring that the annual Maryland solid waste management and diversion report be submitted to the General Assembly by September 1, 2021, and each year thereafter, and include certain activities; requiring the Office to coordinate certain activities with certain entities; requiring certain departments to report certain information to the Office; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Electric Generation - Transition From Fossil Fuels - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Account [HB-1545]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the carbon dioxide emissions rate for certain affected electric generating units from exceeding a certain amount; establishing the Fossil Fuel Community Transition Account to provide grants to certain individuals and communities; requiring the Department of Commerce to establish certain policies and procedures for the administration of the Account; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide funding for the Account; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
University of Maryland – Harford Memorial Hospital Closure – Economic Impact Study [HB-1277]
[Healthcare ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the University of Maryland Institute for Governmental Service and Research to conduct a study on the economic impact of the closure of Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace and the transfer of its services to another location; requiring the Institute to conduct the study in a certain manner; requiring the Institute to develop a revitalization plan for the City in a certain manner; requiring the Institute to report certain findings and information to certain committees on or before December 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Lisanti
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Maryland Technology Partnership Program [HB-1239]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing the Maryland Technology Partnership Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to facilitate strategic planning, manage a Maryland Technology Partnership Fund, and coordinate economic development service delivery; requiring the Corporation, under certain circumstances, to award capital and operating financial assistance from the Fund to support certain purposes; establishing the Maryland Technology Partnership Authority in the Corporation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Tax Credits, Exemptions, and Deductions - Alterations and Repeal (Tax Modernization Act) [HB-1284]
[Taxes ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Defense ]
[Aerospace ]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
Providing that certain entities may not claim certain excess tax credits as a refund under the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit, Maryland Cybersecurity Investment Tax Credit, More Jobs for Marylanders, and the aerospace, electronics, or defense contract tax credit programs; authorizing qualified entities to apply excess tax credit to future years; repealing certain exemptions under the inheritance and sales and use taxes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 03/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Task Force on the Tourism Industry in Maryland [HB-1541]
[Tourism ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing the Task Force on the Tourism Industry in Maryland to review the need for additional funding, training, and other resources necessary to increase diversity and inclusion in the tourism industry in the State; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Labor - Clean Energy Workforce Account - Grants [HB-1218]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to administer the Clean Energy Workforce Account; requiring the Department to award grants from the Account in accordance with certain provisions of law; requiring the Department to develop certain application guidelines; and requiring the Department, in developing the application guidelines, to provide opportunity for certain individuals to review and comment on the guidelines and incorporate certain comments into the guidelines.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Affordable Housing Development Credit Program [HB-1567]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Affordable Housing Development Credit Program within the Division of Development Finance of the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain owners of certain low-income housing projects certain tax credits for a certain number of years; authorizing an owner or a developer of a low-income housing project to submit a certain application to the Department to enroll in the Program on or after July 1, 2020, but before July 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/10/2020