COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- SMALL BUSINESS

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 83

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  HB 38

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 624

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Hixson, Goldwater, and Kopp

  Entitled

  Tax Credits - Businesses That Create New Jobs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 71

  Status as of February 4, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Pendergrass

  Entitled

  Telephone Solicitations by Merchants - Restrictions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 85

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Harrison and Rawlings

  Entitled

  MSBDFA - Management Group Contract and Equity Participation Investment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 110

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bissett, Hixson, Busch, Franchot, and McKee

  Entitled

  Military Reuse Zones - Advanced Technology Job Creation Tax Credit

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 133

  Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Rosenberg, C. Davis, Gordon, and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Worker Retraining Tax Credit Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 139

  Status as of April 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 38

  Sponsored By

  Calvert County Delegation

  Entitled

  Calvert County - Board of County Commissioners - Tax Exempt Private Activity Bonds

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 148

  Status as of March 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kagan

  Entitled

  Election Laws - Campaign Reports

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 192

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 415

  Sponsored By

  Howard County Delegation

  Entitled

  Howard County - Property Tax Credit - Commercial or Industrial Businesses Ho. Co. 12-97

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 196

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 647

  Sponsored By

  Howard County Delegation

  Entitled

  Howard County Ethics Bill Ho. Co. 1-97

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 224

  Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Clagett

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Deceptive Trade Practices - Names of Businesses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 278

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 227

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  Maryland Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act - Amendments

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 309

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 659

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frank and Gordon

  Entitled

  Limited Liability Company Reform Act of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 310

  Status as of March 31, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frank, Barve, Goldwater, Crumlin, Krysiak, Walkup, Kach, and Love

  Entitled

  High-Tech High School Partnership Program and Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 316

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Frank, Krysiak, and Morhaim

  Entitled

  Real Property - Home Offices - Residential Use

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 321

  Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Morhaim, Harrison, and Muse (Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry)

  Entitled

  Mortuary Science Businesses - Corporations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 323

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Donoghue, Walkup, Mossburg, Kirk, Pendergrass, and Goldwater

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Tanning Facilities - Disclosure and Notice of Risks

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 351

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Walkup

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Installment Sales - Credit for Tax Paid to Another State for Earlier Taxable Year

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 433

  Status as of February 17, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Howard County Delegation (By Request of the Economic Development Authority)

  Entitled

  Howard County - Economic Development Incentive Fund Ho. Co. 13-97

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 447

  Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gordon, Frank, and Finifter

  Entitled

  Limited Liability Company Tax Reform Act of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 496

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 113

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Healey, Leopold, Heller, C. Davis, Conroy, Marriott, Howard, Kopp, Bozman, Shriver, Patterson, Hubbard, Rawlings, McKee, Goldwater, D. Davis, Hecht, Dypski, Gordon, Workman, Pitkin, Bobo, and Cryor

  Entitled

  Tax Credits - Employment of Individuals with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 499

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 756

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration) and Delegates Marriott, C. Davis, Gordon, Kopp, Leopold, Bozman, Rawlings, McKee, Hecht, Dypski, Howard, Workman, Goldwater, Pitkin, Shriver, Cryor, Healey, and Finifter

  Entitled

  Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 508

  Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  The Speaker (Administration)

  Entitled

  "Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - "Smart Growth" Areas

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation

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  HB 600

  Status as of April 7, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Second Reading Passed

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kagan, Goldwater, and D. Davis

  Entitled

  Condominiums, Homeowners Associations, and Cooperatives - Home-Based Businesses

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 627

  Status as of February 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Commerce and Government Matters

  Sponsored By

  Prince George's County Delegation

  Entitled

  Municipal Corporations - Express Powers - Regulation of Hours of Operation of Businesses PG 425-97

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  

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  HB 666

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Finifter and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfers From Partnerships to One or More Limited Liability Companies

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 671

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 683

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Genn and Hurson

  Entitled

  Limited Liability Companies - Tax Exemption for Transfers of Real Property From a Predecessor Entity to a Limited Liability Company

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 717

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stup, Harkins, Stull, Elliott, Hecht, and Snodgrass

  Entitled

  Agricultural Operations - "Right to Farm"

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  HB 721

  Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Howard, Hurson, Rosapepe, Kopp, Rosenberg, Dembrow, Hecht, McIntosh, Bobo, Morhaim, Barve, Finifter, C. Davis, Marriott, McKee, and Muse

  Entitled

  Work, Not Welfare, Enterprise Zone, and New Job Creation Tax Credits - Tax Exempt Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 755

  Status as of April 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bozman and Healey

  Entitled

  Joint Committee on Business Gross Receipts Taxes

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 824

  Status as of March 21, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kittleman

  Entitled

  Abandoned Property - Business Associations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 840

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Finifter, Morhaim, Frank, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Job Creation Tax Credit - Small Business

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 925

  Status as of March 11, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Krysiak, McClenahan, Harrison, Fulton, Goldwater, Exum, Love, and Wood

  Entitled

  Sales at Flea Markets

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1005

  Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Fulton, Rawlings, and Marriott

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Reservoir Hill H.O.P.E., Inc.

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1006

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 704

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve and Gordon

  Entitled

  Cigarette Business Licenses - Manufacturers and Wholesalers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1008

  Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Kagan

  Entitled

  Consumer Protection - Consumer Services - Itemized Statements

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1015

  Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Petzold, Barve, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Maryland Digital Signature Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1062

  Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Frank

  Entitled

  Insurance Article - Use of Term "Business Entity"

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1069

  Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Healey and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Transfers of Controlling Interests

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1118

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Finifter

  Entitled

  Recordation and Transfer Taxes - Exemptions for Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Corporations

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1140

  Status as of February 7, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Appropriations

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Benson, Boston, Nathan-Pulliam, Bobo, Clagett, Marriott, B. Hughes, Montague, Healey, Parker, E. Burns, and Grosfeld

  Entitled

  Family Investment Program - Qualified Employment Opportunity Employees - Newly Created Jobs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Appropriations
  

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  HB 1175

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 525

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Commerce and Government Matters Committee (Departmental - Transportation)

  Entitled

  Highways - Sale of Land Not Needed for Public Purposes - Promotion of Economic Development

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1198

  Status as of February 11, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate D. Hughes (By Request)

  Entitled

  Dorchester County - Cambridge Redevelopment Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1199

  Status as of February 12, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Crumlin and Love

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverages - Retail Stores (Size Limitation)

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1239

  Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Finance

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Frank, Walkup, and Crumlin

  Entitled

  Economic Development - Business Financing Funds - Management

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1248

  Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conroy, Hubbard, Workman, McHale, Exum, B. Hughes, Perry, Vallario, Harrison, Healey, C. Mitchell, Benson, Grosfeld, Barve, Shriver, and Kagan

  Entitled

  Business Organizations - Right to Associate - Services and Membership

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1319

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 737

  Sponsored By

  Washington County Delegation

  Entitled

  PenMar Development Corporation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Commerce and Government Matters
  Senate: Budget and Taxation

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  HB 1386

  Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Petzold

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Task Force on Digital Signature Law

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1416

  Status as of March 20, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate McHale

  Entitled

  Multistate Industrial Retention Commission

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1419

  Status as of March 11, 1997: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Fulton and DeCarlo

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Franchises - Fair Practices

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HB 1428

  Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shriver and Rosapepe

  Entitled

  Individual Development Accounts

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1462

  Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Love

  Entitled

  Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses on Conviction of Certain Crimes

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  

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  HJ 1

  Status as of February 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Campbell

  Entitled

  Task Force on Regional Development Tax Base Sharing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HJ 11

  Status as of March 18, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Environmental Matters

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Campbell, McIntosh, and Rosenberg

  Entitled

  Task Force on Planning and Development

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  

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  SB 2

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 320

  Sponsored By

  Senator Baker

  Entitled

  Income Tax - Installment Sales - Credit for Tax Paid to Another State for Earlier Taxable Year

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 99

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 327

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Budget and Taxation Committee (Departmental - Housing and Community Dev.)

  Entitled

  Department of Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood and Community Assistance Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 220

  Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Sfikas, Hollinger, and Teitelbaum

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Tanning Facilities - Disclosure and Notice of Risks

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 228

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 112

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Hoffman, Currie, Munson, Dorman, Roesser, Stone, Green, Lawlah, Van Hollen, Madden, Trotter, Hollinger, Neall, Middleton, Kasemeyer, Hogan, Ruben, and McFadden

  Entitled

  Tax Credits - Employment of Individuals with Disabilities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 229

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 755

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration)

  Entitled

  Job Creation Tax Credit Act of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 254

  Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senators Currie, Madden, and Hoffman

  Entitled

  Worker Retraining Tax Credit Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 257

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 570

  Sponsored By

  Senators Young, Trotter, and McFadden

  Entitled

  MSBDFA - Management Group Contract and Equity Participation Investment Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 323

  Status as of February 19, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Craig, Derr, Hafer, Colburn, Dyson, Stoltzfus, Amoss, Middleton, and Munson

  Entitled

  Agricultural Operations - "Right to Farm"

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 343

  Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverages - Interrelated Business Entities

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 381

  Status as of February 5, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Baker and Hogan

  Entitled

  Limited Liability Company Reform Act of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 389

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 759

  Sponsored By

  The President (Administration) and Senators Blount, Collins, Conway, Frosh, Hollinger, Pinsky, and Sfikas

  Entitled

  "Smart Growth" and Neighborhood Conservation - "Smart Growth" Areas

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs and Budget and Taxation
  House: Environmental Matters

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  SB 397

  Status as of April 29, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 170

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Qualifications for Firm Permit

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 399

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Economic and Environmental Affairs Committee (Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)

  Entitled

  Maryland Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act - Amendments

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 417

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 355

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Housing and Community Dev.)

  Entitled

  Department of Housing and Community Development - Neighborhood Business Development Program

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 446

  Status as of March 24, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Family Investment Program - Qualified Employment Opportunity Employees - Newly Created Jobs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 462

  Status as of March 26, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Middlebrooks, Chairman, Anne Arundel County Senators (By Request of the Anne Arundel County Administration)

  Entitled

  Anne Arundel County - Sunday Blue Laws - Car Dealers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 521

  Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Referred to interim study

  Sponsored By

  Senators Boozer, Kelley, McCabe, Sfikas, Van Hollen, McFadden, Munson, Middleton, Currie, and Ruben

  Entitled

  Work, Not Welfare, Enterprise Zone, and New Job Creation Tax Credits - Tax Exempt Organizations

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 556

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 603

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hogan

  Entitled

  Limited Liability Company Tax Reform Act of 1997

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 644

  Status as of March 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Economic and Environmental Affairs

  Sponsored By

  Senators Teitelbaum, Sfikas, Stoltzfus, and McCabe

  Entitled

  Economic Development - Higher Educational Institutions - State Licensed Technology

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  

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  SB 679

  Status as of March 12, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hughes

  Entitled

  State Police - Robbery Prevention Program and Fund

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 684

  Status as of February 26, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation

  Sponsored By

  Senator Hughes

  Entitled

  Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Reservoir Hill H.O.P.E., Inc.

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  

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  SB 712

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 623

  Sponsored By

  Senators Van Hollen , Hogan, Middleton, Ruben, McFadden, Lawlah, and Currie

  Entitled

  Tax Credits - Businesses That Create New Jobs

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 728

  Status as of May 22, 1997: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Senator Neall

  Entitled

  Cigarette Business Licenses - Manufacturers and Wholesalers

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 794

  Status as of March 10, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden

  Entitled

  Department of Business and Economic Development - Youth Business Enterprise Empowerment Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 808

  Status as of May 8, 1997: Became Law - Chapter 383

  Sponsored By

  Senator Currie

  Entitled

  Alcoholic Beverages - Retail Stores (Size Limitation)

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 814

  Status as of April 6, 1997: Bill is in the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  Sponsored By

  Senator Boozer

  Entitled

  Limited Liability Companies - Tax Exemption for Transfers of Real Property From a Predecessor Entity to a Limited Liability Company

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Budget and Taxation
  House: Ways and Means

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  SB 822

  Status as of March 17, 1997: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Finance

  Sponsored By

  Senator Forehand

  Entitled

  Commercial Law - Maryland Digital Signature Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  

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  SB 911

  Status as of April 3, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator Collins

  Entitled

  Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses on Conviction of Certain Crimes

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters

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  SB 912

  Status as of April 1, 1997: Bill is in the House - First Reading Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senators Dorman, Bromwell, Ruben, Ferguson, Hafer, Trotter, Derr, Teitelbaum, and Colburn

  Entitled

  Business Regulation - Retail Service Stations - Operation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Finance
  House: Economic Matters

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  SJ 6

  Status as of April 4, 1997: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Economic Matters

  Sponsored By

  Senator McCabe

  Entitled

  Executive-Legislative Unit to Study the Need to Regulate New Occupations and Professions (Sunrise Assessment)

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs
  House: Economic Matters