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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Business Resource Initiative for Developmental Growth and Empowerment (BRIDGE) Program - Establishment [HB-648]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishing the Business Resource Initiative for Developmental Growth and Empowerment Program and Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain business entities to establish certain business incubators; prohibiting the grants awarded under the Program from being used to support more than 25% of the operating expenses of a qualified incubator, except in the first year of a grant; requiring the Department to give priority for grants to incubators managed by socially or economically disadvantaged persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Power; public utilities; UCC; securities [HB-2679]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Power; public utilities; UCC; securities
Sponsored by: Rep. Gail Griffin
Chapter 207 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [HB-498]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Film Production ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-416]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $36,900,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Business Resource Initiative for Developmental Growth and Empowerment (BRIDGE) Program - Establishment [SB-377]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Business Resource Initiative for Developmental Growth and Empowerment (BRIDGE) Program and Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain business entities to establish certain business incubators.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to insurance. [HB-184]
[Insurance ]
Amend KRS 304.3-705 to extend the insurance regulatory sandbox program until December 31, 2030; amend KRS 304.3-735 to extend the commissioner's reporting requirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Clines
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 67) on 03/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [SB-4]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and altering the termination date of the Authority from September 30, 2026 to September 30, 2029.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 216 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [HB-258]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; altering the termination date of the Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 215 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Uninsured Driving Penalties - Funding for the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, Driver Education, and Transportation to Field Trips [HB-1482]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the penalty for failing to maintain certain required security for certain motor vehicles and the distribution of the revenue derived from the penalties; establishing the Driver Education in Public High Schools Grant Program to provide grants to public high schools and nonprofit organizations to assist public schools in offering driver education courses; establishing the State-Aided Institutions Field Trip Grant Program to assist public schools in transporting students to field trips at State-aided educational institutions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 857 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [HB-1427]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; exempting the Authority from certain provisions of law; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund to be used for administrative purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Unenforceable Indemnity and Costs of Defense Agreements [HB-1146]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that certain indemnity agreements and agreements to pay the costs of defense made in connection with an agreement for the management or operation of a building, a structure, an appurtenance, or an appliance are against public policy and are void and unenforceable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to consumer protection in financial transactions. [HB-474]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to define terms; require broker-dealers, agents, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives to disclose, and obtain the written consent of the customer and client for, the incorporation of a socially responsible criteria or other nonfinancial objective into discretionary investment decisions to buy or sell a security or commodity, recommendations or solicitations for the purchase or sale of a security or commodity, and the selection or recommendation, or advice regarding the selection, of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Sharp
Introduced In House on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [SB-1005]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; exempting the Authority from certain provisions of law; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act [HB-935]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations [HB-888]
[Small Business ]
Altering the process by which a defective corporate act may be ratified; and altering rules for certain legal actions by persons claiming to be adversely affected by a ratification.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 605 on 05/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to settlements with minors and declaring an emergency. [SB-158]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Amends KRS 387.278, relating to certain settlements with minors, to establish provisions relating to the opening of restricted accounts and issuance of annuities on behalf of minors entering into settlements; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.16) on 03/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act [SB-784]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the sales and use tax rate imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition from 6% to 11%; and providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain firearm accessories and ammunition.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 3/28 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Uniform Commercial Code. [SB-155]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Amends sections of Articles 1, 2, 2A, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to make definitional revisions and conforming amendments; amends sections of Articles 2, 2A, 4A, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to remove writing requirements; repeals and reenacts KRS 355.2-102 to establish transactions subject to provisions of article; amends KRS 355.2A-102 to establish when article applies to hybrid leases; amends definition of “negotiable instrument” in KRS 355.3-104; amends KRS 355.3-105 and 355.3-604 to accommodate electronic transactions; amends KRS 355.3-417
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Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.10) on 03/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-796]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $29,800,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 684 on 05/09/2024