2012 Regular Session
Small Business
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 24
- Sponsored By
- Delegate B. Robinson
- Entitled
- Minority Business Enterprises - Not for Profit Entities and Termination Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Frederick County Delegation and Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Frederick County and Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Job Creation by Small Businesses
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Arora, Barve, Bobo, Feldman, Washington, and Zucker
- Entitled
- Taxes - Electing Small Business Trusts State Tax Loophole Elimination Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Hucker, Barnes, Barve, Bobo, Cardin, Frush, Hubbard, Jones, Mizeur, Ross, Stein, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Administration) and Delegates Barnes, Gaines, Griffith, Hammen, Haynes, Hucker, Jones, Morhaim, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, V. Turner, Waldstreicher, Hubbard, Reznik, A. Kelly, Oaks, Donoghue, Nathan-Pulliam, Cullison, and Murphy
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Reznik, Mizeur, Kipke, Donoghue, A. Kelly, and Ready
- Entitled
- Small Business Reserve Program - Definition of Small Business - Revision
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Carter, Oaks, B. Robinson, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Board of Public Works - Procurement Contracts - Economic Inclusion Plans
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frick, Feldman, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Cardin, George, Guzzone, Hixson, Hucker, Ivey, Kaiser, A. Kelly, Kramer, Lee, Love, Luedtke, A. Miller, W. Miller, Minnick, Mizeur, Murphy, Reznik, Serafini, Stocksdale, Summers, Vaughn, Walker, Zucker, Barnes, McHale, and Olszewski
- Entitled
- Linked Deposit Program for Small Businesses - Lend Local Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barve
- Entitled
- Income Tax Credit - Qualified Research and Development Expenses - Small Business Refund
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Maryland Small Business Resources Workgroup
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Serafini
- Entitled
- Regulations Affecting Small Businesses - Extensions for Compliance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Vaughn, Carr, Frick, Howard, McDonough, Minnick, Mitchell, Oaks, Reznik, Sophocleus, Stukes, Summers, and F. Turner
- Entitled
- Small Business Development Center Network Fund - Minimum Appropriation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Frush
- Entitled
- Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals and Table Games
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Lafferty
- Entitled
- Community Legacy Program - Sustainable Community Designation - Time Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 156
Status as of January 19, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Conway, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, Middleton, and Stone
- Entitled
- Minority Business Enterprises - Not for Profit Entities and Termination Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
SB 238
Status as of March 28, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators King, Madaleno, Manno, Montgomery, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Rosapepe, Kelley, Klausmeier, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Young
- Entitled
- Frederick County and Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Job Creation by Small Businesses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Montgomery, Benson, Colburn, Mathias, Ramirez, Raskin, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Small Business Reserve Program - Definition of Small Business - Revision
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators King, Brinkley, Colburn, Currie, Garagiola, Jones-Rodwell, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Peters, Pugh, and Young
- Entitled
- Income Tax Credit - Qualified Research and Development Expenses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
SB 738
Status as of March 7, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Jennings
- Entitled
- State Real Estate Commission - Regulation of Business Brokers
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Glassman, Kelley, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Muse, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, Young, Middleton, and Astle
- Entitled
- Linked Deposit Program for Small Businesses - Lend Local Act of 2012
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Brochin, King, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Madaleno, Manno, Mathias, Peters, Pugh, and Robey
- Entitled
- Estate Tax - Exemption for Family Farm or Small Business
- Committee
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Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters, Colburn, King, Madaleno, Manno, McFadden, Robey, Klausmeier, and Ferguson
- Entitled
- Gaming - Video Lottery Terminals and Table Games
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mathias, Colburn, Edwards, Glassman, Jones-Rodwell, Middleton, Raskin, Klausmeier, Garagiola, Kittleman, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Small Business Development Center Network Fund - Minimum Appropriation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
