Small Business
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study [HB-324]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to conduct a study of the participation of minority-owned businesses in the alcoholic beverages industry in the State; requiring the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Transportation to provide staff for the study; and requiring the Office to report its finding and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2023.
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Minority Business Enterprise Utilization Program - Termination Extension PG/MC 105-22 [HB-399]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Continuing until July 1, 2023, provisions relating to procurement from minority business enterprises by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022 [HB-6441]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend the Small Business Act to improve the women’s business center program, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
SCORE for Small Business Act of 2022 [HB-6450]
[Small Business ]
To amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize the SCORE program, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2022 [HB-6445]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend the Small Business Act to require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2022 [HB-6454]
[Small Business ]
To clarify the primary functions and duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
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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 [SB-310]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[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 that may be provided to a single business or nonprofit organization; establishing the Workgroup to Study the Establishment of a State Disaster Relief Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Income Tax – Healthy Indoor Air Quality Tax Credit [SB-267]
[Air Quality ]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
Allowing certain persons to claim a 50% credit against the State income tax for certain qualified costs incurred during the taxable year to purchase and install certain indoor air quality equipment in a certain home, rental dwelling unit, or commercial building; requiring the Comptroller, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to publish on the Comptroller's website a list of approved indoor air quality equipment based on industry guidelines and best practices on or before September 30 each year; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Nonprofit Development Center Program – Nonprofit, Interest–Free, Micro Bridge Loan (NIMBL) Account – Funding [SB-245]
[Nonprofit ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 for the Maryland Nonprofit Development Center Program Fund to be used for certain loans under the Nonprofit, Interest-Free, Micro Bridge Loan (NIMBL) Account; and requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2024 if the $1,000,000 is not included in the fiscal year 2023 budget bill.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act [S.3503]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Internship Opportunities Program - Creation and Income Tax Credit [HB-255]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Maryland Internship Opportunities Program to provide students with internship opportunities with humanities-based businesses; allowing certain employers a credit, up to $4,200 for each eligible intern, against the State income tax for employing certain eligible interns subject to certain limitations; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations specifying criteria and procedures for the application for and approval of tax credit certificates; etc.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to building facilities and declaring an emergency. [HB-249]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 198B.650 to provide an exception to the definition of "practice of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting"; amend KRS 198B.674 to add an exemption for persons cleaning duct work, not engaged in installation or repair.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [SB-41]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to establish definitions; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2027; establish a ban the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2025; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violation.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to family care leave. [HB-59]
[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.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to taxation. [HB-201]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Gaming ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Amend KRS 132.020 to freeze the state property tax rate and eliminate the tax rate reduction for qualified heavy equipment; amend KRS 136.291, 136.500, 136.505, and 136.506 to reinstate the bank franchise tax and exempt financial institutions from corporation income tax and LLET; amend KRS 138.130 to define vapor products and include vapor products in the definition of tobacco products; amend KRS 138.132, 138.135, 138.195, and 138.197 to remove references to vapor products; amend KRS 138.140 to increase the tax on cigarettes, snuff, chewing tobacco,
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to SARS-CoV-2 documentation. [HB-21]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a governmental body from requiring persons to provide vaccine passports to enter or obtain service from the governmental body; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a school from requiring persons to provide vaccine passports to enter or obtain service from the school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit a university board from requiring persons to provide vaccine passports to enter or obtain service from the university; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to biometric data collection practices. [HB-32]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 369 to define terms; require private entities to develop and comply with a retention and destruction schedule for biometric identifiers and information; prohibit private entities' collection, trade, and disclosure of biometric information with limited exceptions; create a standard of care for private entities collecting biometric information; create a civil cause of action for violations.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [HB-189]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to establish definitions; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2027; establish a ban on the provision of single-use plastic straws and Styrofoam food and beverage containers by retail food and beverage establishments by July 1, 2025; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violation of bans.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to immunization disclosure. [HB-28]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit public entity employers from requiring employees and applicants from disclosing his or her immunization status; create a new section in KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit postsecondary schools from requiring a student, staff, or faculty member to disclose his or her immunization status; amend KRS 344.120 to include the discrimination on the basis of "immunization status" as an unlawful practice; create a new section in KRS Chapter 365 to prohibit a business from requiring customers to disclose his or
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to vaccination exemption and declaring an emergency. [HB-198]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define "COVID-19," "medical practitioner," and "retaliate against"; require employers to permit employees to opt out of a COVID-19 vaccination policy based on categories of individual exemptions; create exemption eligibility requirements; create a civil cause of action; EMERGENCY.