Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property [HB-23]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of certain commercial and industrial property and to set a special property tax rate for certain commercial and industrial property for the purpose of financing certain transportation improvements or the approved budget of the county board of education; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025; etc.
HB-23: Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
Housing and Community Development - Project Restore Program - Establishment [SB-235]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Project Restore Program within the Department of Housing and Community Development; authorizing the Department to distribute Program funds to certain place-based community development organizations and units of local governments; requiring certain recipients of Program funds to distribute subgrants to certain qualified entities; and specifying the eligible uses of Program funds.
SB-235: Housing and Community Development - Project Restore Program - Establishment
State Government - Research Duties and Advisory Committee on Black Males - Repeal [SB-243]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Repealing a requirement that the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs conduct research, make recommendations, and submit a certain report on certain areas relating to black males; and repealing the authorization that the Special Secretary of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs create an Advisory Committee on Black Males.
SB-243: State Government - Research Duties and Advisory Committee on Black Males - Repeal
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
State Government - Research Duties and Advisory Committee on Black Males - Repeal [HB-119]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Repealing a requirement that the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs conduct research, make recommendations, and submit a certain report on certain areas relating to black males; and repealing the authorization that the Special Secretary of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs create an Advisory Committee on Black Males.
HB-119: State Government - Research Duties and Advisory Committee on Black Males - Repeal
Sponsored by: Rep.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2025
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [HB-1526]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
[Unemployment ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt an individual from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish certain temporary relief programs to provide assistance to individuals and certain entities impacted by a certain closure of the Port of Baltimore; etc.
HB-1526: Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/09/2024
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [SB-1188]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance to a student who was a dependent or is the surviving spouse of a fallen transportation worker; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish programs to assist individuals and certain entities impacted by the reduced operations of the Port of Baltimore; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to alter certain unemployment eligibility requirements; etc.
SB-1188: Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/09/2024
AN ACT relating to business regulation. [SB-346]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Amend KRS 14.250 to require the Secretary of State (SOS) to develop, operate, and maintain the Kentucky One-Stop Business Portal (Portal) to facilitate interaction among businesses and governmental agencies in the Commonwealth; mandate that certain elements be included in the development of the Portal; require the framework and informational exchange process to be updated by January 1, 2025; provide for the information and capabilities of the Portal and require the SOS to make the Portal available for public use no later than January 1, 2026; require
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SB-346: AN ACT relating to business regulation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Frommeyer
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/01/2024
AN ACT relating to beauty services. [HB-792]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Amend KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician and one additional citizen at large member to the board; direct board to collect and retain statistical data on its applicants and licensees; amend KRS 317A.120 to require the board give written tests in an applicant's first or second fluent language and provide a certified interpreter for oral exams; allow applicant to retake any failed portion of the exam one month from applicant's receipt of any failure notice and to retake any failed exam portion an unlimited number of times; cap the retesting
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HB-792: AN ACT relating to beauty services.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
AN ACT relating to unemployment tax audits. [HB-770]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Taxes ]
Amend KRS 341.190 to provide that employer information requests include a particularized explanation for the request and is not overly broad, unduly burdensome, or outside the scope of permissible requests; amend KRS 341.990 to conform.
HB-770: AN ACT relating to unemployment tax audits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 03/06/2024
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-1319]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; authorizing the Governor, on recommendation of the Commission, to enter into certain multijurisdictional Internet gaming agreements; providing that certain payments to certain former video lottery employees may not be subtracted from the calculation of a certain benefit; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
HB-1319: Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024