Corporations and Associations – Definitions, Emergencies, and Outstanding Stock – Revisions [HB-749]
[Small Business ]
Altering certain definitions as they relate to certain Maryland business entities; authorizing a corporation to adopt certain emergency bylaws; authorizing a corporation to take certain actions during an emergency; limiting the liability of certain persons for certain corporate acts taken during an emergency; and clarifying when certain stock is outstanding.
HB-749: Corporations and Associations – Definitions, Emergencies, and Outstanding Stock – Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/09/2024
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-693]
[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.
SB-693: Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond
Sponsored by: Sen.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/23/2024
AN ACT relating to investment advisers. [SB-139]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to establish a registration exemption for private fund advisers, to establish requirements for the exemption, to direct where filings shall be made, to require that investment advisers comply with registration requirements within 90 days of becoming ineligible for exemption, and to permit the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to waive certain provisions; and amends KRS 292.330 to conform and to make technical amendments.
SB-139: AN ACT relating to investment advisers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.42) on 04/04/2024
Corporations and Associations – Definitions, Emergencies, and Outstanding Stock – Revisions [SB-400]
[Small Business ]
Altering certain definitions as they relate to certain Maryland business entities; authorizing a corporation to adopt certain emergency bylaws; authorizing a corporation to take certain actions during an emergency; limiting the liability of certain persons for certain corporate acts taken during an emergency; and clarifying when certain stock is outstanding.
SB-400: Corporations and Associations – Definitions, Emergencies, and Outstanding Stock – Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 609 on 05/09/2024
Commercial Law - Statutory Liens - Motor Vehicles Towed or Removed From Parking Lots [SB-107]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a certain person has a lien on a motor vehicle towed or removed from a privately owned parking lot for charges incurred for any towing, recovery, storage, or notice provided under certain circumstances; establishing that the lien created under the Act shall be extinguished if the motor vehicle is reclaimed and the charges giving rise to the lien are paid by certain persons or entities; etc.
SB-107: Commercial Law - Statutory Liens - Motor Vehicles Towed or Removed From Parking Lots
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary James
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
AN ACT relating to state dealings with companies that engage in politically sensitive company boycotts. [HB-533]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
[Religion ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Agriculture ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 41.472 to add definitions for "agricultural commodities associated company," "firearms goods or services associated company," "petrochemical commodities associated company," "politically sensitive company boycott," and "social media information company"; amend KRS 41.474 to require the Treasurer to maintain and publish lists of all financial companies that engage in any politically sensitive company boycotts; require state governmental entity divestment in financial companies that engage in politically sensitive company boycotts; amend
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HB-533: AN ACT relating to state dealings with companies that engage in politically sensitive company boycotts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Emily Callaway
Introduced In House on 02/22/2023
AN ACT relating to affordable and reliable energy for Kentucky. [SB-245]
[Energy ]
[Finance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; allow an investor-owned electric utility to apply for a financing order to securitize deferred costs associated with retired or abandoned electric generating facilities and extraordinary storm costs; clarify that the electric utility may retire and replace the electric generation facility without matching the capacity or the technology of the retired or abandoned unit; establish the contents of an application for a financing order; exclude accumulated depreciation from the rate base; require
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SB-245: AN ACT relating to affordable and reliable energy for Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Williams
To Natural Resources & Energy (s) on 02/23/2023
AN ACT relating to investor-owned electric utilities. [SB-192]
[Energy ]
[Finance ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; give permissive authorization to an investor-owned electric utility to apply to the Public Service Commission to finance though securitization both extraordinary costs and costs associated with the retirement of electric generation of more than $200 million dollars for a single regulatory asset or more than $275 million for multiple regulatory assets; prescribe the contents of an application for a financing order; prescribe the way proceedings of the commission will handle applications for
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SB-192: AN ACT relating to investor-owned electric utilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 72) on 03/23/2023
AN ACT relating to investment advisers. [SB-109]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
Amend KRS 292.330 to establish registration exemptions for investment advisers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to establish a registration exemption for private fund advisers; establish requirements for the exemption; direct where filings shall be made; require investment advisers to comply with registration requirements within 90 days of becoming ineligible for exemption; permit the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to waive certain provisions.
SB-109: AN ACT relating to investment advisers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
Vetoed on 04/11/2023
Commercial Law - Maryland Antitrust Act - Premerger Notification Requirement and Remedies [HB-776]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person who has acquired certain voting securities or assets of another person to file a certain notice with the Attorney General under certain circumstances; exempting certain information or documentary material filed with the Attorney General from the Maryland Public Information Act except under certain circumstances; and altering the definition of "restitution" relating to remedies for a violation of the Maryland Antitrust Act.
HB-776: Commercial Law - Maryland Antitrust Act - Premerger Notification Requirement and Remedies
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/08/2023
AN ACT relating to the Uniform Commercial Code. [SB-64]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Repeal and reenact KRS 355.2-102 to establish transactions subject to provisions of article; amend various sections of Articles 2, 2A, 4A, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to remove writing requirements; amend KRS 355.2A-102 to establish when article applies to hybrid leases; amend definition of "negotiable instrument" in KRS 355.3-104; amend KRS 355.3-105 and 355.3-604 to accommodate electronic transactions; amend KRS 355.4A-201 to modify security procedure requirements relating to funds transfers; amend KRS 355.5-116 to establish governing law standards
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SB-64: AN ACT relating to the Uniform Commercial Code.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
Taken From Judiciary (h) on 03/14/2023
Commercial Law – Maryland Antitrust Act – Premerger Notification Requirement and Remedies [SB-657]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Trade ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person who has acquired certain voting securities or assets of another person to file a certain notice with the Attorney General under certain circumstances; exempting certain information or documentary material filed with the Attorney General from the Maryland Public Information Act except under certain circumstances; and altering the definition of "restitution" relating to remedies for a violation of the Maryland Antitrust Act.
SB-657: Commercial Law – Maryland Antitrust Act – Premerger Notification Requirement and Remedies
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023
Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Reinvestment Act [HB-392]
[Finance ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to examine and prepare a written evaluation of the record of certain regulated financial institutions in meeting the financial needs of local communities where the institution is chartered; requiring the Commissioner to give a certain regulated financial institution a certain rating based on a certain examination and to prepare a written evaluation; requiring a certain regulated financial institution to prepare a certain improvement plan under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-392: Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Reinvestment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/28/2023
Corporations and Associations - Revisions [HB-209]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering certain provisions governing the issuance of stock, convertible securities, and scrip; clarifying the authority of corporations to hold annual meetings by remote communication; clarifying the application of certain provisions of law to the conversion of a corporation; requiring a real estate investment trust that voluntarily dissolves to file a notice of termination with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
HB-209: Corporations and Associations - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 560 on 05/08/2023