Carroll County MD Chamber of Commerce

Legislative Session 2021

Check this site often for updates and actions taken during the Maryland General Assembly session beginning in January. Click the title to read the Chamber’s position letter.

Website for the Maryland General Assembly

The Chamber’s Legislative Committee meets weekly to  review up coming bills.  If there is pending legislation that you feel should be brought to the committee’s attention please contact Mike at 410-848-9050.

House Bills

Bill NumberSubject of BillPosition
HB 0032Cannabis - Legalization and Regulation (Inclusion, Restoration, and Rehabilitation Act of 2021)Oppose
HB0097Department of Housing and Community Development - Office of Digital Inclusion - Established (Digital Connectivity Act of 2021)Support
HB 0289Peace Orders - Workplace ViolenceSupport
HB 0314Plastic Bag Reduction ActOppose
HB 0350Labor and Employment – Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – VerificationSupport With Amendment
HB 0360Income Tax - Angel Investor Tax Credit ProgramSupport
HB 0375Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2021)Oppose
HB 0420Employers of Ex-Offenders - Liability for Negligent Hiring or Inadequate Supervision - ImmunitySupport
HB 0508COVID-19 Claim - Civil ImmunitySupport
HB 0581Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)Oppose
HB 0685Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage ActOppose
HB 0841 Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Agricultural Stands, Retail Farms, and Farmers' MarketsSupport
HB 0906Unemployment Insurance - Earned Rating Record - Waiver of Benefit Charges Due to COVID-19Support
HB 0909Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - ApplicabilityOppose
HB 0986Labor and Employment - Workplace Fraud Act - Rebuttable Presumption of the Employer-Employee RelationshipSupport
HB 1002Unemployment Insurance - Revisions and Required StudyOppose
HB 1012Labor and Employment – Reinstatement of Employment – Employees at Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI–Thurgood Marshall Workers’ Right to Reinstatement Act)Oppose
HB 1045Labor and Employment - Elective Medical Procedures - Employee ProtectionsOppose
HB 1137Property Tax Credit – Business Entities – State of EmergencySupport
HB 1154Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - AlterationsOppose As Written
HB 1171Labor and Employment - Maryland Employee Protection Plan for Vaccine RefusalOppose
HB 1321Labor and Employment - Right to WorkSupport
HB 1326Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Revisions and Public Health Emergency LeaveOppose

Senate Bills

Bill NumberSubject of BillPosition
SB 0018Income Tax – Subtraction Modification – School Supplies for Home Instruction and Virtual Learning ProgramsSupport
SB 0066 Department of Housing and Community Development - Office of Digital Inclusion - Established (Digital Connectivity Act of 2021)Support
SB 0105Peace Orders - Workplace ViolenceSupport
SB 0107Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage ActOppose
SB 0123Small Business Fairness ActOppose
SB 0191Labor and Employment - Hiring - Higher Education Requirements (Give Me a Chance Act)Oppose
SB 0210 COVID-19 Claim - Civil ImmunitySupport
SB 0211Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2021)Oppose
SB 0223Plastic Bag Reduction ActOppose
SB 0246Income Tax - Angel Investor Tax Credit ProgramSupport
SB 0486Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)Oppose
SB 0502Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Agricultural Stands, Retail Farms, and Farmers' MarketsSupport
SB 504 Discrimination in Employment – Use of Medical Cannabis – ProhibitionOppose
SB 0727Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Revisions and Public Health Emergency LeaveOppose
SB 0801 Labor and Employment – Economic Stabilization Act – AlterationsOppose As Written
SB 0806 Labor and Employment – Workplace Fraud Act – Rebuttable Presumption of the Employer–Employee RelationshipSupport
SB 0814 Unemployment Insurance – Earned Rating Record – Waiver of Benefit Charges Due to COVID–19Support
SB 0887Property Tax Credit – Business Entities – State of EmergencySupport