Small Business
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to liability protection in emergencies. [HB-84]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 39A.275 to eliminate certain liability protections if an owner requires employees to receive a vaccination against COVID-19 and an employee suffers a severe adverse reaction as a result.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Maryland Department of Commerce - Reporting Requirements and Purple Line Construction Zone Grant Program - Alterations [SB-191]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the definition of "economic development program" for purposes of certain data collection, tracking, and reporting requirements of the Maryland Jobs Development Act to include certain tax credit programs; altering the purpose of the Purple Line Construction Zone Grant Program; requiring the Department of Commerce to distribute certain funds under the Grant Program in a certain manner; requiring a county that receives funds under the Program to implement a process for awarding grants to qualified small businesses; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Minority Participation in the Alcoholic Beverages Industry – Study [SB-72]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[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 findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2023.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Income Tax – Healthy Indoor Air Quality Tax Credit [HB-85]
[Air Quality ]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Allowing certain persons to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain 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 on or before September 30 each year; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Maryland New Start Act of 2022 [HB-158]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Maryland New Start Grant Program in the Department of Labor to provide loans to covered individuals participating in eligible entrepreneurship development programs; 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 for issuing loans under the Program and paying administrative costs; etc.
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US Congress 117th Congress
COVID–19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Consolidation Act of 2021 [S.3437]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to extend certain COVID-19 bankruptcy relief provisions through March 27, 2022.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To The Minimum Wage. [HB-4]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Inflation ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes a temporary small business income tax credit for qualified employers to offset the cost of providing health care coverage to employees that earn below certain amounts. Raises the minimum wage and establishes an adjusted minimum wage rate for 2027 and after. Repeals the tip credit. Repeals the tax credit on 7/30/2027.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Protect Black Women and Girls Act of 2021 [HB-6268]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for mitigating and addressing harm and ensuring accountability, and to study societal effects on Black women and girls, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 [HB-6250]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
To improve protections for meatpacking workers, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Streamlining EIDL Act [S.3349]
[Small Business ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide applicants for certain loans and grants with updates with respect to those applications, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
MUSIC Act [S.3325]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to make companies that support venues and events eligible for grants under the shuttered venue operators grant program, and for other purposes.
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DISASTER Act Disclosing All Spending That Ensures Relief Act [S.3289]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury to track and disclose funding and outlays relating to disasters and emergencies on a centralized website, and for other purposes.
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DISASTER Act Disclosing All Spending That Ensures Relief Act [HB-6115]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury to track and disclose funding and outlays relating to disasters and emergencies on a centralized website, and for other purposes.
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Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 [S.3285]
[Agriculture ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to improve protections for meatpacking workers, and for other purposes.
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2022 Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2022 Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2022 Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2022 [S.3179]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
A bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.
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Hubzone Price Evaluation Preference Clarification Act of 2021 [HB-5879]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the application of the price evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to certain contracts, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2021 [HB-5823]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
To establish a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program, and for other purposes.
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 [S.3075]
[International ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Transparency in COVID–19 Expenditures Act [HB-5672]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
To require an audit of COVID-19 relief funding.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Expressing support for the designation of October 2021 as "National Co-Op Month" and commending the cooperative business model and the member-owners, businesses, employees, farmers, ranchers, and practitioners that use the cooperative business model to positively impact the economy and society. [HR-711]
[Agriculture ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Expressing support for the designation of October 2021 as "National Co-Op Month" and commending the cooperative business model and the member-owners, businesses, employees, farmers, ranchers, and practitioners that use the cooperative business model to positively impact the economy and society.