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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board - Membership - Alteration [SB-41] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Retirement ] [Small Business ]
Adding the Comptroller, or the Comptroller's designee, as a member to the Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe Approved By The Governor - Chapter 292 on 05/06/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Working Families and Small Businesses Act [HB-1055] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Economic Development ]
Working Families and Small Businesses Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk Passed 1st Reading on 05/07/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Investing in North Carolina Act [SB-896] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
Investing in North Carolina Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Empower Small/Socially Disadvantaged Farmers [SB-860] [Agriculture ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Empower Small/Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gladys Robinson Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

C-PACE Program [SB-802] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Real Estate ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ]
C-PACE Program

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lee Ch. Sl 2024-44 on 07/08/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Small Business Capital Improvement Account [SB-863] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Finance ]
Small Business Capital Improvement Account

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Small Business Investment Grant [SB-864] [Small Business ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Investments ]
Small Business Investment Grant

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Empower Small/Socially Disadvantaged Farmers [HB-1054] [Agriculture ] [Small Business ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Economic Development ]
Empower Small/Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk Passed 1st Reading on 05/07/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Econ. Dev. Modifications [HB-1018] [Economic Development ]
Econ. Dev. Modifications

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Reives Passed 1st Reading on 05/06/2024

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Business Microloan Program [HB-1041] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Finance ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Business Microloan Program

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk Passed 1st Reading on 05/07/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/09/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Frommeyer To State & Local Government (s) on 03/01/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 02/26/2024

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 03/06/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary Hearing 3/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024

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