2010 Regular Session
Business Regulation and Occupations (C2)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 77
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Conaway
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- Business Regulation - Employees Who Carry Firearms - Protective Body Armor
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Conaway
- Entitled
- Real Estate Appraisers - Knowledge of Value of Real Estate - Prohibited
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Haddaway, Aumann, Bates, Beidle, Benson, Braveboy, V. Clagett, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Frush, Gaines, Glenn, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Ivey, Jameson, Kaiser, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Love, McComas, McIntosh, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Shewell, Stifler, Stocksdale, V. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- International Marriage Brokers - Regulation
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- State Board for Professional Engineers
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
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- State Board of Cosmetologists - Hearing Board
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- State Board of Pilots - Limited Licenses
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - State Real Estate Commission - Continuing Education
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors - Membership
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police)
- Entitled
- State Fire Marshal - Nongovernmental Electrical Inspectors
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee and Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Comptroller)
- Entitled
- Other Tobacco Products Licenses
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters and Ways and Means
Senate: Finance and Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board of Pilots - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- The Speaker (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board of Plumbing - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee
- Entitled
- State Board of Barbers and State Board of Cosmetologists - Sunset Extension and Revisions
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Morhaim, Cardin, McIntosh, and Stein
- Entitled
- Plumbing - Greywater Recycling
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate King
- Entitled
- Maryland Locksmiths Act - Revisions - Definitions and Records Inspection
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sophocleus, Dwyer, and McConkey
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carr, Hucker, Ali, Anderson, Aumann, Barnes, Bronrott, Cardin, Dumais, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Hecht, Holmes, Hubbard, Ivey, Lee, Manno, Mizeur, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, Reznik, Ross, Schuler, Taylor, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Chesapeake Bay Restoration Consumer Retail Choice Act of 2010
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters and Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barnes, Frush, Manno, and Pena-Melnyk
- Entitled
- Business Occupations and Professions - Plumbers - Lead-Free Materials
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Anne Arundel County Delegation
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- Anne Arundel County - Motorcycle Dealers - Sunday Operations
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Collection Agencies - Application and Renewal Fees
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Office of Cemetery Oversight - Preneed Trust Account - Underfunding
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Real Estate Licensees - Services Provided Through Teams
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- State Board of Public Accountancy - Disciplinary Authority
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors - Administrative Sanctions - Civil Penalty
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Home Improvement Commission - Guaranty Fund Jurisdiction
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Norman, Guzzone, Bates, and Riley
- Entitled
- Business Occupations and Professions - State Board of Plumbing - Membership
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Anderson, Barnes, Conaway, Haynes, Ramirez, Schuler, Valderrama, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Maryland Lawyer Loan Assistance Repayment Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means and Judiciary
HB 752
Status as of March 22, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kirk, Barkley, Haddaway, Harrison, Haynes, Impallaria, Jameson, King, Krysiak, Love, Manno, Miller, Stukes, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers - Exempted Transactions and Record Keeping Requirements
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ross, Barnes, Benson, Healey, Manno, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Ramirez, and Taylor
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Pawnbrokers - Prohibited Sale of Cosmetics, Drugs, and Food
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Beidle, Love, and Sophocleus
- Entitled
- Flea Markets - Sale of Baby Food, Cosmetics, and Nonprescription Drugs - Prohibited
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Davis
- Entitled
- Business Occupations and Professions - Individual Tax Preparers - Examination Requirements
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Benson, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Cigarette Business Licenses - Sale of Single Cigarettes - Investigation and Penalties
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Myers
- Entitled
- Electricians, Gas Fitters, HVAC Contractors, and Plumbers - Display of Licenses and License Numbers
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kirk, Harrison, Haynes, King, Love, McHale, Minnick, Stukes, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Motor Fuel Suppliers - Games of Chance
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann, Benson, Frush, Healey, Holmes, Ivey, Ramirez, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Bookstores Purchasing Used Textbooks - Required Records
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg and Feldman
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Storage and Display of Tobacco-Related Products
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- State Board of Public Accountancy - Educational Requirements for Examination and Licensure
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Sophocleus, and Mathias
- Entitled
- Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors - Required Records
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Murphy, Glenn, Ross, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Business Occupations - Plumbers and Gas Fitters - Apprentice License Renewal
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Stein
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Franchises - Copies of Documents to Franchisees
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
HB 1217
Status as of April 12, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Favorable Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ramirez, Barnes, Ivey, Niemann, Ross, Taylor, Valderrama, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Prince George's County - Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers - Precious Metal Objects - Holding Period
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Sophocleus, Love, DeBoy, Eckardt, Glenn, Rudolph, and Wood
- Entitled
- Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors - Required Records
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Niemann
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Returnable Containers - Plastic Secondary Packaging
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carr, Hecht, and Hucker
- Entitled
- Common Interest Community Managers - Licensing and Regulation
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Ramirez
- Entitled
- Sales and Use Tax - Pawn Transactions
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Myers
- Entitled
- State Boards of Plumbing, Master Electricians, and Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors - Membership
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hucker, Benson, Ali, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, Feldman, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hixson, Hubbard, Kullen, Manno, Montgomery, Morhaim, Reznik, Taylor, Vaughn, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Lodging Establishments - National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Information
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Ramirez, Heller, and Montgomery
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Home Improvement - Providing Services Without a License
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Glenn
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Restaurants - Prohibition on Automatic Gratuity
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Manno
- Entitled
- Tobacco Products - Tax Stamps - Regulations
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Morhaim
- Entitled
- Tobacco Products - Manufacturer Certification - Filing Fee
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
HB 1515
Status as of March 5, 2010: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Serafini
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Motor Fuel - Sales Below Cost - Meeting Competition Exception
- Committee
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McHale, Anderson, Hammen, Krysiak, Minnick, and Morhaim
- Entitled
- Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors - Required Records and Reporting
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Braveboy, Harrison, Benson, Pena-Melnyk, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Consumer Protection - Sales of Previously Sold Underwear - Prohibited
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Senator Garagiola
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - State Amusement Ride Safety Advisory Board - Membership
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway and Dyson
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Returnable Containers - Plastic Secondary Packaging
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators DeGrange and Astle
- Entitled
- Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors - Required Records
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Public Health - Peanut Warning - Vending Machines
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Conway, Forehand, Jacobs, Jones, Kelley, King, Kramer, Middleton, Astle, Exum, Garagiola, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- International Marriage Brokers - Regulation
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board for Professional Land Surveyors - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board of Pilots - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- The President (By Request - Department of Legislative Services)
- Entitled
- State Board of Plumbing - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Business Regulation - Prepaid Mobile Phones and Prepaid Refill Cards - Retail Sales
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Maryland Locksmiths Act - Exemptions - Repossession of Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Astle
- Entitled
- Anne Arundel County - Motorcycle Dealers - Sunday Operations
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway (Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee)
- Entitled
- State Board of Barbers and State Board of Cosmetologists - Sunset Extension and Revisions
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Currie, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Lenett, Madaleno, Peters, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Tobacco Products - Tax Stamps - Regulations
- Committee
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Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Conway, Forehand, Frosh, Harrington, Lenett, Madaleno, Muse, Peters, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Chesapeake Bay Restoration Consumer Retail Choice Act of 2010
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance and Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Gladden, Della, Madaleno, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Pet Stores - Sale of Dogs Less than 9 Months of Age Prohibited
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Dyson, Exum, Garagiola, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, McFadden, Middleton, Muse, Peters, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- Maryland Locksmiths Act - Revisions - Definitions and Records Inspection
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senator Conway
- Entitled
- Business Occupations and Professions - Individual Tax Preparers - Examination Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Conway, and Exum
- Entitled
- Common Interest Community Managers - Licensing and Regulation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Madaleno
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Unlicensed and Deceptive Real Estate Practices
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Conway and Pugh
- Entitled
- Public Health - Sales of Previously Sold Undergarments and Bathing Suits - Prohibited
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
