Small Business
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to minimum wage for essential workers. [HB-593]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "essential employee"; amend KRS 337.275 to set a minimum wage for essential employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/26/2025
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AN ACT relating to immunization policy. [HB-647]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Religion ]
[Data Privacy ]
Create a new of section KRS Chapter 164 to allow a student, staff, or faculty member to opt out of a postsecondary school's immunization policy for specified reasons; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a public entity from creating standardized documentation with the purpose of certifying vaccination status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to require written notice of vaccination exemptions for a sincerely held religious belief or medical contraindication; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Health Services (h) on 02/26/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance [HB-156]
[Insurance ]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna White
Regular Message Sent To Senate on 05/01/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina Work and Save [SB-110]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
North Carolina Work and Save
Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri
Withdrawn From Com on 05/01/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program. [HB-508]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
Amend KRS 199.884 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish new procedures related to the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker
Reported Favorably, 2nd Reading, To Rules With Committee Substitute (1) And Committee Amendment (1-title) on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program. [HB-505]
[Veterans ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to create the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program to be administered by the Office of Entrepreneurship; establish requirements and program details; create the Veteran-Owned Small Business and Entrepreneur Loan Program fund from which the office provides loans to qualified veterans of not more than $50,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Aull
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/21/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to occupational health and safety. [HB-466]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Amend KRS 338.991 to increase the civil penalties for employers who have violated any provision of KRS Chapter 338, received a citation for a violation of the requirements of KRS Chapter 338, or failed to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued; require the secretary for the Education and Labor Cabinet to annually adjust the maximum civil penalties beginning in 2025 by the percentage increase, if any, in the United State Average Consumer Price Index for all Urban Customers (CPI-U); direct the secretary to begin a three year phase-in
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Small Business Guaranty Fund - Alterations [SB-1008]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority to authorize the provision of a guaranty under the Small Business Guaranty Fund in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit, an official treasurer's check, funds on deposit in an escrow or other depository account, or any other legal instrument promising a financial institution restitution or reimbursement for its loan losses, within the limits of the guaranty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 4 on 04/08/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina Work and Save [HB-79]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
North Carolina Work and Save
Sponsored by: Rep. Hugh Blackwell
Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, And Operations Of The House Stricken on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Commerce - Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve Study MC 15-25 [HB-1228]
[Agriculture ]
[Economic Development ]
[Tourism ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce, in coordination with certain county agencies and organizations, to study economic development in and the tourist and visitor economy of the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve and, on or before June 30, 2026, report its findings to the members of the Montgomery County Delegation to the General Assembly; and requiring the Department to make recommendations regarding policies and programs that can help promote and preserve the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 235 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Income Tax - Credit for Cybersecurity Measures Undertaken by Small Businesses [HB-1321]
[Taxes ]
[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 December 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations [HB-1450]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Repealing certain provisions of law specifying certain limitations on awards or investments provided to certain small businesses under the Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 200 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Minority Business Enterprises - Coordination of Resources [HB-1432]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to coordinate with the Department of Commerce and the Office of the Comptroller to promote existing benefits and incentives, including tax incentives, grants, and technical assistance for minority business enterprises operating in Enterprise Zones; and requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to include an analysis of the coordination efforts in the annual report for 3 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2025 [HB-1439]
[Small Business ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Exempting from certain requirements relating to offering health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization located in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 03/11/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to honey. [HB-391]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 217.187 to increase the yearly yield of pure and unadultered Kentucky honey sold from 150 gallons to 500 gallons before requiring a person to process the honey in a certified honey house or seek a permit from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 21) on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-1040]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services for purposes of providing safe and sound loans, and other financial products for low-and moderate-income individuals and communities and other distressed or underserved individuals and communities; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [HB-1035]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 626 on 05/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to plastic waste. [HB-295]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to define terms; prohibit the intentional release of more than 25 plastic balloons; establish a ban on plastic, single-use carryout bags by July 1, 2030; 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, 2028; establish civil penalty of $100 per day for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian
To Natural Resources & Energy (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to labor standards. [HB-229]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require every employer to establish a workplace policy that provides employees the right to disconnect from communications from the employer during nonworking hours; amend KRS 337.990 to provide a penalty for violation of the lunch period requirements in KRS 337.355 and for violation by an employer of a right to disconnect workplace policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Division of Just Communities - Establishment [SB-890]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Division of Just Communities in the Department of Housing and Community Development; transferring the authority to designate an area as a Just Community from the Governor to the Department; altering the criteria for designating an area as a Just Community; and transferring the administration of the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program to the Division.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025