Small Business
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Preferences - Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses [HB-1184]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to meet federal procurement standards and to try to achieve or exceed a certain overall percentage goal of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made with historically underutilized business zone businesses; establishing a certain percentage price preference; and establishing certain penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Information Technology - Modernization of Information Technology Projects [HB-1188]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; renaming the Major Information Technology Development Fund to be the Information Technology Investment Fund; requiring a certain amount of the Fund to be set aside for certain projects each fiscal year; requiring the Board of Public Works to expedite the placement on an agenda and approval of certain contracts; and altering the name, duties, and membership of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment And Budget And Taxation on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Income Tax - Credit for Cybersecurity Measures Undertaken by Small Businesses [HB-1210]
[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, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund [HB-1220]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center to provide early-stage funding for certain start-up companies; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide at least $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2025 through 2028 to the Climate Technology Founder's Fund; authorizing the Governor to transfer by June 30, 2024 up to $2,200,000 from the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to the Climate Technology Founder's Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Favorable Report By Appropriations on 04/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to heat injury prevention. [SB-183]
[Agriculture ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to define terms; require employers who provide services in agriculture, construction, landscaping, and transportation to maintain a written heat illness prevention plan informing employees of policies and procedures to be followed when an employee is suffering from a heat illness; establish a penalty for a violation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Climate Change Coordinator – Establishment [HB-1077]
[Small Business ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Small Business Climate Change Coordinator in the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs in the Executive Department to support the State's small, minority, and women-owned business community on matters related to climate change; and requiring, on request, the Coordinator to advise the Governor and the General Assembly on the impact of climate change on small businesses and the effect of a transition to advanced clean energy on small businesses in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employee Autoimmune Disorder Protection Act [HB-1084]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder or other qualifying illness and that on-site work, or travel to and from the workplace, would be unsafe for the employee and the duties of the employee may reasonably be fulfilled at the home of the employee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development – Local Journalism Sustainability Grant Program [HB-1095]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Local Journalism Sustainability Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; requiring the Department to award grants under the Program to certain small businesses for costs paid or incurred to place an advertisement in a local newspaper, subject to certain limitations; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of at least $25,000 annually for the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Procurement Forecast and Outreach [SB-1014]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to consult with each primary procurement unit to identify potential contracting opportunities for and increase outreach efforts to small businesses; requiring each unit, on or before June 30 each year, to submit to the Office a procurement forecast for all procurement contracts over $100,000; requiring each unit, on or before August 15 each year, to submit its reconciliation of the prior fiscal year's procurement forecast in accordance with certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 584 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund [SB-960]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide at least $1,200,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to the Climate Technology Founder's Fund; authorizing the Governor, on or before June 30, 2024, to transfer up to $2,200,000 of funds in the the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to the Climate Technology Founder's Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 474 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employee Autoimmune Disorder Protection Act [SB-1061]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder or other qualifying illness and that on-site work, or travel to and from the workplace, would be unsafe for the employee and the duties of the employee may reasonably be fulfilled at the home of the employee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans [HB-864]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring each electric company, each gas company, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain programs and services and superseding certain existing energy efficiency and conservation goals; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a working group to study and make recommendations on extending certain program assistance to certain moderate-income households; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Small Business Preference Procurement [HB-850]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each procurement unit to establish a price preference for small businesses; and designating the Board of Public Works as the regulatory authority for the Small Business Preference Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 653 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Small Business Reserve Program - Goals and Outreach Program [HB-962]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Increasing a participation goal from a minimum of 15% to 20% for certain small businesses for certain procurement contracts; requiring the certification agency, in consultation with Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to develop an outreach program to increase the participation of small businesses that are owned by economically disadvantaged individuals; requiring, by each December 1, the certification agency to submit a report on the outreach program and the dollar amount of certain awards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 583 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Board of Public Works - Transparency Data Dashboard [HB-877]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Comptroller to develop and maintain on the Board of Public Works' website a procurement transparency data dashboard; establishing a governance committee composed of the liaisons to the Board from the offices of the Governor, the Comptroller, and the State Treasurer to review the contents of the dashboard for accuracy and completeness; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include in the annual budget bill such sums as are necessary for one full-time position and data dashboard development software.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 580 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Procurement - Preferences - Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Program [HB-861]
[Small Business ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
Establishing 3% as the overall percentage goal of the total dollar value of procurement contracts by a unit of State government to be made directly or indirectly with veteran-owned small business enterprises; and repealing a requirement that the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs adopt regulations to establish a certain overall percentage goal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to home-based food processors. [HB-454]
[Food ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 217.015 to expand the definition of "home-based processor" to include roasted coffee beans in the list of foods a home-based processor may produce.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
Introduced In House on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements [SB-696]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain generating station, to meet certain labor standards and reporting requirements; establishing certain labor standards and certain certification, reporting, and record-keeping requirements related to the construction of a covered project; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Board of Public Works - Transparency Data Dashboard [SB-703]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Comptroller to develop and maintain on the Board of Public Works' website a procurement transparency data dashboard; establishing a governance committee composed of the liaisons to the Board from the offices of the Governor, the Comptroller, and the State Treasurer to review the contents of the dashboard for accuracy; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include in the annual budget bill an amount necessary for one full-time position and software needed to develop and maintain the dashboard; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 581 on 05/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities. [SR-112]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Small Business ]
[Tourism ]
Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Adopted By Voice Vote on 02/08/2024