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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of electronic gaming devices and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-256]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define "commission," "control," "net proceeds," "electronic gaming device," "location," "local county government," "operator," "truck stop," "vending machine"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission and attach it to the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative purposes; establish requirements for the commissioner and members on the commission; authorize the commission to establish and maintain an office in Frankfort; require the Auditor of Public Accountants to perform an annual audit of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Smith
Withdrawn on 03/30/2023
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AN ACT relating to regulatory relief. [HB-264]
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[Consumer Protection ]
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Create new sections of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to define "advisory committee," "applicable agency," "applicant," "consumer," "demonstrate," "director," "innovation," "innovative offering," "offering," "product," "production," "regulatory relief office," "regulatory sandbox," "sandbox participant," "secretary," and "service"; establish the General Regulatory Sandbox Advisory Committee; establish the Kentucky Office of Regulatory Relief; create the General Regulatory Sandbox Program; establish the application process and requirements to apply
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Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 122) on 03/29/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans' resources. [HB-265]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Department of Workplace Standards consult with the Department of Veterans' Affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster for display in businesses with more than 50 full-time employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby McCool
Introduced In House on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Income Tax - Credit for Cybersecurity Measures Undertaken by Small Businesses [HB-936]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for a certain small business that employs 50 or fewer employees for costs incurred by the small business during the taxable year for certain cybersecurity measures undertaken by the small business; making the credit refundable; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after Decmber 31, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and Compost Use [HB-1139]
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Establishing the On-Farm Composting and Compost Use Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge to be collected by owners and operators of refuse disposal systems and requiring that the surcharge revenue be remitted on a quarterly basis beginning April 1, 2024, to the Comptroller; establishing the Waste Reduction Grants Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Department of the Environment to approve a certain local solid waste disposal surcharge program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment – Office of Recycling – Mattress Stewardship Program – Establishment [HB-930]
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[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2024; establishing a Mattress Stewardship Advisory Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages. [HB-237]
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Amend KRS 243.020 to allow the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages at nonlicensed businesses within or sharing a boundary with an entertainment destination center and at licensed premises sharing a boundary with an entertainment destination center; limit the alcoholic beverages to those purchased at the entertainment destination center or at a licensee sharing a boundary with the entertainment destination center; require written permission from the entertainment destination center before the alcoholic beverages may be possessed or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 39) on 03/21/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises and Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprises - Participation Goal Scorecard [HB-816]
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[Veterans ]
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[Funding ]
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Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to develop a scorecard to evaluate units of State government on the units' performance toward meeting certain participation goals under the Minority Business Enterprise Program and the Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Program; establishing a certain grading scale for the scorecard; and requiring grades achieved by each unit to be published each year on the Office's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 213 on 04/24/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-92]
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Amend KRS 258.119 to allow the animal care assistance fund to receive fines; amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person with a disability who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider; establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation; affirm certain rights and privileges
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities. [SR-41]
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[Tourism ]
Honor the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
Introduced In Senate on 02/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises and Small Business Enterprises - Procurement Forecast, Employee Performance, and Outreach (Small Business Protection Act of Maryland) [SB-578]
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Requiring each unit to publish on the unit's website annually a certain procurement forecast listing certain known and anticipated procurements to be made by the unit in the upcoming fiscal year; requiring a unit determining eligibility for a merit increase or promotion for a procurement officer or other employee to consider certain efforts by the procurement officer or other employee responsible for procuring goods and services for the unit in meeting the unit's minority enterprise participation goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises and Small Business Enterprises - Procurement Forecast, Employee Performance, and Outreach (Small Business Protection Act of Maryland) [HB-646]
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Requiring each unit to publish on the unit's website annually a certain procurement forecast listing certain known and anticipated procurements to be made by the unit in the upcoming fiscal year; requiring a unit determining eligibility for a merit increase or promotion for a procurement officer or other employee to consider certain efforts by the procurement officer or other employee responsible for procuring goods and services for the unit in meeting the unit's minority enterprise participation goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Small, Minority, and Women Business Enterprises - Establishment and Duties [SB-479]
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Renaming the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to be the Maryland Department of Small, Minority, and Women Business Enterprises; establishing the Department as a principal department of the Executive Branch of State government; transferring certain authority relating to procurement preference programs to the Department; providing that the head of the Department is the Secretary of the Department of Small, Minority, and Women Business Enterprises; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plans Issued Through Professional Employer Organizations - Exemption [HB-604]
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[Small Business ]
Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to individuals and small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization that engages in employee leasing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Procurement – Minority Business Enterprises and Veteran–Owned Small Business Enterprises – Participation Goal Scorecard [SB-510]
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[Veterans ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to develop a scorecard to evaluate units of State government on the units' performance toward meeting certain participation goals under the Minority Business Enterprise Program and the Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Program; establishing a certain grading scale for the scorecard; and requiring grades achieved by each unit to be published each year on the Office's website.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 214 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Health Insurance – Health Benefit Plans Issued Through Professional Employer Organizations – Exemption [SB-500]
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[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to individuals and small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization that engages in employee leasing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Income Tax - Local Advertisement Tax Credit [HB-540]
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[Small Business ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Economic Development ]
Allowing small and medium-sized businesses with fewer than 50 employees to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain costs incurred during the taxable year for advertising through a news media entity based within the State, subject to certain limitations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development – Independent Innovation Agency of Prince George’s County – Establishment PG 401–23 [HB-479]
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[Grants ]
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[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Independent Innovation Agency of Prince George's County to promote innovation and technology in the County; authorizing the Agency to enter into certain contracts, accept grants, contributions, or other assistance from federal, State, or local governments or from a college or university; establishing the Innovation Places Program in the Agency to foster entrepreneurship in the County; establishing the Industry Sector Workgroup in the Agency to convene interested stakeholders in the county; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Commerce - Office of Climate Change Assistance for Small Businesses - Establishment [HB-493]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Office of Climate Change Assistance for Small Businesses in the Department of Commerce; authorizing the Office to assist small businesses with issues related to a transition to advanced clean energy and to development of certain climate resilience strategies; and requiring the Office to identify industries impacted by a transition to advanced clean energy, identify certain areas of concern to small businesses, and report its findings to the Governor, the Secretary, and the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/31/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment – Low Emissions Vehicle Program – Prohibition (Affordable Emissions Standards Act of 2023) [HB-487]
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[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from adopting certain regulations to implement certain new motor vehicle emissions standards and compliance requirements adopted by the California Air Resources Board unless certain analyses are prepared and submitted to the General Assembly and the General Assembly enacts a law authorizing the adoption of the regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023