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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Filing Fees - Reductions [HB-457]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Reducing on a specified timetable specified filing fees paid by corporations and other business entities to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/08/2016
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Corporations and Business Entities - Filing Fees and Combined Reporting [HB-1419]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting the State Department of Assessments and Taxation from imposing a fee for the filing of specified documents by corporations or business entities with 10 or fewer employees; requiring specified corporations to compute Maryland taxable income using a specified combined reporting method; requiring the Comptroller to report to the General Assembly, on or before March 31 of each calendar year, an estimate of the total additional revenue to be collected as a result of the specified requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Platt
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 03/11/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Commission on Free Trade, Currency Manipulation, and State Sovereignty - Establishment [SB-893]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Commission on Free Trade, Currency Manipulation, and State Sovereignty; requiring the Commission to conduct an annual assessment, provide a mechanism for input by interested persons, work with interested groups, and develop recommendations, as specified; authorizing the Commission to recommend specified legislation; requiring the Commission to submit an annual report to the Governor, Maryland Congressional Delegation, and specified committees of the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Trade in Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn - Prohibition [HB-713]
[Animals ]
[Trade ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from purchasing, selling, offering for sale, possessing with the intent to sell, or importing with the intent to sell any ivory or rhinoceros horn, subject to specified exceptions; establishing under specified circumstances a presumption that a person possesses ivory or rhinoceros horn with the intent to sell; establishing specified penalties for a violation of the Act; authorizing a court to order that a person who violates the Act pay specified restitution to be used for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/16/2015
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Personal Property Tax Returns - Electronic Filing [SB-693]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to allow persons required to file a personal property tax return to file the return and pay the filing fee electronically through the Department's Web site; and authorizing the Department to charge a processing fee for payments made electronically.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Business and Economic Development - Foreign Trade Zones - Information [SB-146]
[Economic Development ]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to include on the Web site of the Department specified information relating to foreign trade zones; and defining "foreign trade zone".
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/27/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health - General - Poultry Processed in the People's Republic of China - Notice Requirements [HB-938]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Trade ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a food service facility that purchases a poultry product that was processed in the People's Republic of China to display on its menu, in a specified manner and location, a notice indicating the item was processed in the People's Republic of China; and requiring a grocery store that sells a poultry product that was processed in the People's Republic of China to post, in a specified manner and location, a notice indicating the item was processed in the People's Republic of China; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Personal Property Tax Reports - Electronic Filing [HB-434]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to allow persons required to file a personal property tax report to file the report and pay the filing fee electronically; providing that a fee may be charged for each electronic filing; and providing the Act shall be applied to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2015.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/25/2014
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Procurement - Investment Activities in Iran [SB-235]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Investments ]
Specifying that specified persons shall be considered as engaging in investment activities in Iran under specified circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works, on or before January 1, 2013, to use credible and publicly available information to create a list of persons that engage in investment activities in Iran; requiring the Board to update the list every 180 days; requiring the Board, before adding a person to the list, to provide the person with written notice that meets specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Procurement - Investment Activities in Iran [HB-440]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
Specifying that specified persons shall be considered as engaging in investment activities in Iran under specified circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works, on or before December 31, 2012, to use credible and publicly available information to create a list of persons that engage in investment activities in Iran; requiring the Board to update the list every 180 days; requiring the Board, before adding a person to the list, to provide the person with written notice that meets specified requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor on 05/22/2012
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Louisiana 2010 Regular Session
Commends the efforts of the federal government for expansion of foreign markets for America's small businesses [HCR-101]
[Small Business ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
Commends the efforts of the federal government for expansion of foreign markets for America's small businesses
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Bernard LeBas
Taken By The Clerk Of The House And Presented To The Secretary Of State In Accordance With The Rules Of The House. on 04/15/2010
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government - Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity and the Commission on Genocide Prevention [SB-1044]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the State Treasurer to ensure that any shares held by the State are voted in favor of shareholder resolutions that ask companies to adopt policies of refusing to do business with governments engaging in genocide or crimes against humanity; requiring, when issuing an invitation for bids or a request for proposals, certain units of State government to require a certain bidder or offeror to disclose any company policy regarding a refusal to do business with governments that are engaged in genocide or crimes against humanity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/19/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Government - Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity and the Commission on Genocide Prevention [HB-1592]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the State Treasurer to ensure that any shares held by the State are voted in favor of shareholder resolutions that ask companies to adopt policies of refusing to do business with governments engaging in genocide or crimes against humanity; requiring, when issuing an invitation for bids or a request for proposals, certain units of State government to require a certain bidder or offeror to disclose any company policy regarding a refusal to do business with governments that are engaged in genocide or crimes against humanity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Basic Economic Security [HB-1086]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Basic Economic Security; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; establishing the duties of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of expenses; requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 15, 2020; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Corporate Income Tax - Single Sales Factor Apportionment Exemption - Worldwide Headquartered Company Election [SB-694]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a certain worldwide headquartered company, if the company's parent corporation is a franchisor, to employ at the parent corporation's principal executive office in the State at least 400 full-time employees at all times between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2020, in order to elect to use a certain formula to apportion certain income to the State for purposes of the income tax on corporations; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical [SB-447]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale any juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that contains more than 0.1% of flame-retardant chemicals by mass; repealing certain provisions of law regarding the importing, sale, or offering for sale of any child care product containing certain chemicals; establishing certain civil penalties; requiring the Secretary of Health to consider certain factors in determining the amount of a certain penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 555 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Public Health - Products Containing a Flame-Retardant Chemical [HB-424]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting a person from importing, selling, or offering for sale any juvenile product, mattress, upholstered furniture, or reupholstered furniture that contains more than 0.1% of flame-retardant chemicals by mass; repealing certain provisions of law regarding the importing, sale, or offering for sale of any child care product containing certain chemicals; establishing certain civil penalties; requiring the Secretary of Health to consider certain factors in determining the amount of a certain penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Referred Finance on 03/18/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Corporate Tax Fairness Act of 2020 [SB-311]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation's income to the State under certain circumstances; requiring certain corporations to compute Maryland taxable income using a certain combined reporting method; authorizing certain corporations, subject to regulations adopted by the Comptroller, to determine certain income using a certain method; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/22/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Small Business Fairness Act [SB-24]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Food ]
Requiring affiliated retail trade and food services corporations with multiple locations to compute Maryland taxable income using a combined reporting method; requiring, subject to regulations, certain groups of retail trade and food services corporations to file income tax returns reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all the members of the group; requiring the Comptroller to report to the General Assembly by March 31 each year an estimate of the total additional tax revenue resulting from the combined reporting method; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Hearing 1/09 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/19/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Filing Fees - Reductions [HB-1184]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
Reducing on a specified timetable specified filing fees paid by corporations and other business entities to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2017