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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to home and community-based services waiver providers. [HB-419]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Unemployment ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 337.010, 342.650, and 341.055 to remove the current exemption or exclusion of certain home or community-based services waiver providers from the definition of "employee" for payment-of-wage statutes, from coverage in regards to workers 'compensation, and from the definition of "covered employment" for unemployment compensation purposes under KRS 341250(3) or (4) respectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Education – Regional Resource Centers and Libraries – Funding [HB-685]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Libraries ]
Altering the calculation of certain funding for certain regional resource centers and each county public library system for certain fiscal years; and requiring, beginning January 1, 2024, each public library to offer at least one type of service alone or in partnership with units of government or nonprofit organizations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maggie McIntosh
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 496 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Small Business and Nonprofit Health Insurance Subsidies Program - Workgroup [HB-709]
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[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to convene a workgroup to study the establishment of a Small Business and Nonprofit Health Insurance Subsidies Program to provide subsidies to small businesses and nonprofit employers for the purchase of health benefit plans; requiring the Exchange to report the workgroup's recommendations by October 1, 2022; and stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Governor include an appropriation in the annual budget bill, beginning in fiscal year 2024, to establish the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Referred Rules on 04/09/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment discrimination based on smoking. [HB-400]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 344.040 to remove protections against employment discrimination based on an individual's status as a smoker or nonsmoker.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/31/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animals and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-403]
[Animals ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 258.500 to define "person" as a person with a disability who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider; stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition; exclude from therapeutic relationship a fee-based transaction 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 of public establishments as nondiscriminatory and allow additional rights
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Lockett
Introduced In House on 01/31/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to seizure first aid. [HB-404]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to require the Department of Workplace Standards to promulgate administrative regulations and procedures to disseminate information to employers, employees, and the general public about rendering seizure first aid.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 03/10/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Prince George's Financial Services Corporation - Funding [HB-567]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring the Governor, for fiscal year 2024, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $420,000 to the Department of Commerce to be used to provide an operating grant to the Prince George's Financial Services Corporation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Darryl Barnes
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Energy Generation, Transmission, and Storage Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards [HB-569]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to condition the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line and an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on the requirement that the developer of the project take all reasonable actions to enter into a community benefits agreement and adhere to certain labor standards and reporting requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland New Start Act of 2022 [SB-554]
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[Small Business ]
[Crime ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Maryland New Start Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide grants to organizations to create or support existing entrepreneurship development programs to provide assistance to certain formerly imprisoned individuals; establishing the Maryland New Start Microloan Program in the Department of Commerce to provide loans to certain individuals participating in those programs; establishing the Maryland New Start Microloan Program Fund to provide certain loans to covered individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Obie Patterson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 03/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Revisions [SB-487]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring a procurement officer, in an invitation for bids or a request for proposals, to include a certain summary of the factors used to determine the expected degree of minority business enterprise participation for the contract; requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, in collaboration with certain entities, to adopt by regulation criteria used to determine that a prime contractor has persistently failed to meet contract goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 156 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans - Use of Minority Business Enterprises [SB-458]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Small Business ]
[Investments ]
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to consider using minority business enterprises for investment advisor and fund manager services; requiring the Board to use the Office of State Procurement's website and the State's electronic procurement system to provide notice to potential providers; and requiring the Board, in consultation with a certain entity, to identify entities that have been certified as minority business enterprises under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 392 on 05/16/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Establishment [SB-474]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; establishing the Senator George C. Edwards Fund to provide grant or loan funding to capital infrastructure and business development projects that improve the economic conditions in the Western Maryland region; requiring the Board to develop criteria to review, evaluate, and rate certain proposals for funding, to distribute certain funding, and to monitor and track the progress of certain projects that have received funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 63 on 04/12/2022
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To The Special Assistant To The Governor For Entrepreneurship And Innovation. [HB-2487]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes the position of Special Assistant to the Governor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the office of the Governor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Kong
Referred To Ecd, Fin, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/28/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Energy Generation Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards [SB-418]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Requiring a person who is a developer of a project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line and an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to take all reasonable actions to enter into a community benefits agreement and adhere to certain labor standards and reporting requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Third Reading Passed (33-14) on 03/21/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to statewide mobile food units. [HB-365]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 217.015, 217.125, 217.126, and 217.128 to establish standards for statewide mobile food units; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish operational, inspection, and regulation standards for statewide mobile food units; amend KRS 217.136, 217.137, 304.17A-741, 315.010, and 411.600 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to family care leave. [HB-369]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "family care leave," "family member," "health care provider", "same employer," and "serious health condition"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to prohibit employers from preventing an employee to take family care leave; to entitle employee to family care leave for the birth of a child or to take care of a family member and establish parameters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
Withdrawn on 01/28/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Economic Development - Project Restore Program and Fund [HB-414]
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[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Project Restore Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide financial incentives for small businesses and commercial developers to revitalize certain vacant retail and commercial space; authorizing the award of certain grants to certain businesses and developers under certain circumstances; establishing the Project Restore Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Department; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Economic Development - Project Restore Program and Fund [SB-393]
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[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
Establishing the Project Restore Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide financial incentives for small businesses, commercial developers, and nonprofit organizations to revitalize certain vacant retail and commercial space; authorizing the award of certain grants to certain businesses, developers, and nonprofit organizations under certain circumstances; establishing the Project Restore Fund to finance rental grants and business operation grants awarded under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Procurement - Minority Business Enterprises - Revisions [HB-389]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring a procurement officer, in an invitation for bids or a request for proposals, to include a certain summary of the factors used to determine the expected degree of minority business enterprise participation for the contract; requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, in collaboration with certain entities, to adopt by regulation criteria used to determine that a prime contractor has persistently failed to meet contract goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 155 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County and City of Annapolis - Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account - Local State of Emergency [HB-386]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Expanding the eligible uses of the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to include the provision of grants and the conversion of certain loan amounts into grants in Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis when in a declared local state of emergency; limiting to $50,000 the amount of certain grants and loan amounts converted to grants for a single business or nonprofit organization; and establishing the Workgroup to Study the Establishment of a State Disaster Relief Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 490 on 05/29/2022