Subject Commerce and Business | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | HB48 | Requiring specified entities to include in specified contracts a requirement for procuring janitorial products; excluding a not-for-profit entity organized to promote the interests of physically or mentally disabled individuals from a specified defin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 605 |
| MD | SB98 | Exempting a person who is licensed under a specified provision of law to act as a cigarette subwholesaler from the requirement that an applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products wholesaler pay a specified license fee. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB164 | Decreasing from 25 to 12 the number of new employees that a business must employ in order to qualify for a property tax credit against the Queen Anne's County property tax imposed on businesses that make specified real property improvements. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB281 | Establishing an exception to the prohibition against carrying a deadly weapon on public school property; making it a misdemeanor to possess or use specified firearm ammunition during the commission of a crime of violence; limiting the authorization f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 |
| MD | HB275 | Creating in Wicomico County a refillable container license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners to issue the license to a holder of any class of alcoholic beverages license issued by the Board except a Class C license, Class D license, Cla... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 |
| MD | HB335 | Altering the definition of "economic development project" used for specified provisions of law relating to payment in lieu of taxes agreements in Baltimore City to remove the requirement that the project must be located in a specified urban renewal a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 574 |
| MD | HB347 | Requiring a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company on or after October 1, 2015, to hold a permit issued by the State Board for Professional Engineers before operating a business through which engineering is practiced, with a specified... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| MD | SB470 | Adding the Somerset County Economic Development Commission as an eligible governmental unit in the Employees' Pension System; providing that specified individuals are subject to the alternate contributory pension benefit in the Employees' Pension Sys... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472 |
| MD | HB492 | Adding the Somerset County Economic Development Commission as an eligible governmental unit in the Employees' Pension System; providing that specified individuals are subject to the alternate contributory pension benefit in the Employees' Pension Sys... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 473 |
| MD | SB524 | Altering the requirements for the issuance of a specified license, a specified permit, and a specified building permit for specified nonwater-dependent projects located on State or private wetlands; specifically authorizing the issuance of a specifie... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | HB591 | Authorizing specified pharmacy permit holders to conduct wholesale distribution under specified circumstances; limiting the authority of specified pharmacy permit holders to engage in wholesale distribution; altering definitions; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621 |
| MD | SB662 | Altering the annual fees and surcharges for specified commercial fishing licenses and authorizations; requiring that specified tidal fish licensees obtain a harvester registration from the Department of Natural Resources; authorizing the Department t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519 |
| MD | SB675 | Establishing the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Workgroup; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a pesticide use ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523 |
| MD | HB775 | Establishing the Maryland Pesticide Reporting and Information Workgroup; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a pesticide use ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 |
| MD | HB785 | Altering the definition of "credit services business" for purposes of the Maryland Credit Services Businesses Act, to exclude a person licensed by the State as an associate real estate broker or a real estate salesperson. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | HB1253 | Altering the annual fees and surcharges for specified commercial fishing licenses and authorizations; requiring that specified tidal fish licensees obtain a harvester registration from the Department of Natural Resources; authorizing the Department t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| MD | SB900 | Altering the definition of "economic development project" used for specified provisions of law relating to payment in lieu of taxes agreements in Baltimore City to remove the requirement that the project must be located in a specified urban renewal a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 573 |
| MD | HB551 | Authorizing the governing body of Washington County to enter into an agreement with the owner of a technology-related business for payment in lieu of the county personal property tax; requiring that a payment in lieu of taxes agreement include specif... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 |
| MD | SB506 | Authorizing the governing body of Washington County to enter into an agreement with the owner of a technology-related business for payment in lieu of the county personal property tax; requiring that a payment in lieu of taxes agreement include specif... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 |
| MD | HB793 | Authorizing a business entity to provide an asbestos training program; prohibiting a business entity that provides an asbestos training program from administering an asbestos occupation exam; and altering the definition of "independent testing organi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543 |
| MD | SB762 | Authorizing a business entity to provide an asbestos training program; prohibiting a business entity that provides an asbestos training program from administering an asbestos occupation exam; and altering the definition of "independent testing organi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 542 |
| MD | SB656 | Authorizing the governing body of Calvert County to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement with the owner of a facility for the liquefaction of natural gas; requiring an agreement for payment in lieu of taxes to include specified provisions;... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 |
| MD | SB1026 | Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to study whether it is necessary to continue to require a specified license and permit for the sale, manufacturing, and processing of honey and herb mixtures, including flavored honey; requiring t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 598 |
| MD | HB385 | Repealing the limitations on the requirement to provide specified funding in specified fiscal years to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program for specified purposes from the Environmental Trust Fund; requiring specified funding for the Corps Progr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | HB102 | Altering the frequency with which specified payments from a special fund are required to be paid; requiring the reduction of specified grants and payments under specified circumstances; providing that a specified District Court surcharge shall be add... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 425 |
| MD | HB1146 | Establishing the Task Force to Study Locating Businesses in Libraries in Prince George's County; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; establishing the duties of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its f... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 669 |
| MD | HB291 | Establishing that a mortgage assistance relief service provider providing mortgage assistance relief in connection with a dwelling in the State that does not comply with specified provisions of federal law is in violation of the Act; authorizing the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 |
| MD | HB1030 | Altering the definition of "urban agricultural property" for purposes of a specified county or municipal corporation property tax credit to include specified real property of not more than 5 acres; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660 |
| MD | HB1372 | Amending specified prior authorizations of State Debt to alter the requirement that specified grantees provide specified matching funds; extending the deadline for specified grantees to present evidence that a matching fund will be presented; providi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 |
| MD | SB27 | Repealing the limitations on the requirement to provide specified funding in specified fiscal years to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program for specified purposes from the Environmental Trust Fund; requiring specified funding for the Corps Progr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 |
| MD | SB383 | Establishing that a mortgage assistance relief service provider providing mortgage assistance relief in connection with a dwelling in the State that does not comply with specified provisions of federal law is in violation of the Act; authorizing the ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464 |
| MD | SB70 | Altering the uses and composition of the Enterprise Fund in the Department of Business and Economic Development; authorizing the Department to acquire an ownership interest exceeding 25% when making an equity investment in one or more venture or priv... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 175 |
| MD | SB59 | Repealing an exemption for specified veterans' hospital patients from the requirement to obtain an angler's license under specified circumstances; repealing a provision of law that lists nontidal species for which the Department of Natural Resources ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173 |
| MD | SB188 | Requiring the Special Secretary of Minority Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General, to establish guidelines for units of State government to consider when determining the appropriate minority business e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 200 |
| MD | HB201 | Decreasing from 25 to 12 the number of new employees that a business must employ in order to qualify for a property tax credit against the Queen Anne's County property tax imposed on businesses that make specified real property improvements. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 354 |
| MD | HB184 | Allowing an individual or corporation a $1 credit against the State income tax for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; providing that the credit may not exceed $750 during a taxable year; requiring the Department of Natural... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 279 |
| MD | SB356 | Requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development, the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services jointly to study and evaluate the feasibility of establishing a business ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 240 |
| MD | SB223 | Creating a Class 7 limited beer wholesaler's license that allows the license holder to sell, deliver, and distribute its own beer produced at the holder's premises to a retail license holder or permit holder in the State under specified circumstances... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 207 |
| MD | SB375 | Altering the definition of "credit services business" for purposes of the Maryland Credit Services Businesses Act to exclude a person licensed by the State as an associate real estate broker or a real estate salesperson. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 247 |
| MD | SB484 | Allowing an individual or corporation a $1 credit against the State income tax for each bushel of oyster shells recycled during the taxable year; providing that the credit may not exceed $750 during a taxable year; requiring the Department of Natural... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 |
| MD | HB698 | Requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development, the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services jointly to study and evaluate the feasibility of establishing a business ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 |
| MD | SB595 | Authorizing specified pharmacy permit holders to conduct wholesale distribution under specified circumstances; limiting the authority of specified pharmacy permit holders to engage in wholesale distribution; altering definitions; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 |
| MD | SB745 | Establishing a prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee of 60 cents per retail transaction; providing that the fee shall be collected for specified transactions in the State for the purpose of contributing to the 9-1-1 Trust Fund; authorizing specified percentag... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313 |
| MD | HB1215 | Requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General to conduct a study of the consumer protections available to purchasers of home appliances who seek enforcement of specified warranties; requiring the study to analyze sp... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408 |
| MD | HB1353 | Requiring the Special Secretary of Minority Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General, to establish guidelines for units of State government to consider when determining the appropriate minority business e... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201 |
| MD | SB69 | Increasing the exemptions from the tobacco tax for cigarettes and other tobacco products brought into the State by specified consumers; establishing mandatory fines for first and subsequent violations; and altering the penalties for first and subsequ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 174 |
| MD | SB1066 | Requiring specified entities to include in specified contracts a requirement for procuring janitorial products; excluding a not-for-profit entity organized to promote the interests of physically or mentally disabled individuals from a specified defin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 |
| MD | SB1068 | Establishing the Commission to Study the Regulation of Payroll Services; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimburse... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344 |
| MD | SB1072 | Altering the minimum interest rate that a loan may have in order to qualify under certain linked deposit programs; altering the interest rate that the State Treasurer may accept in making specified interest bearing deposits; authorizing the State Tre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 345 |
| MD | HB419 | Providing that a secured party may elect to satisfy a tax lien on secured property under specified circumstances; providing that a specified statutory lien shall be released under specified circumstances; requiring the secured party to send specified... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-02 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 370 |
