Legislative Session 2019

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 Number	Subject of Bill	Position
HB 0038	Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses	Oppose
HB 0046	Small Business Relief Tax Credit - Expansion	Support
HB 0056	Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Employers With On-Site Health Clinics - Exemption	Support with Amendments
HB 0066	Railroad Company - Movement of Freight - Required Crew	Oppose
HB 0109	Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibition	Oppose
HB 0126	Labor and Employment - Labor Organizations - Right to Work	Support
HB 0141	Commercial Law - Internet Privacy and Net Neutrality	Support
HB 0150	More Opportunities for Marylanders Act of 2019	Support
HB 0152	Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Expansion Act of 2019	Support
HB 0157	State Government - Regulations Impacting Small Businesses	Support
HB 0160	Property Tax Credits - Real Property Used for Robotics Programs	Support
HB 0165	Corporations and Associations - Fees for Processing Articles of Dissolution, Certificates of Cancellation, and Other Documents - Repeal	Support
HB 0166	Labor and Employment - Payment of Wages - Minimum Wage and Enforcement (Fight for Fifteen)	Oppose
HB 0204	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Employee-Owned Businesses	Support
HB 0235	Economic Development - Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program	Support
HB 0336	Unemployment Insurance - Civilian Federal Employees - Benefits (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act)	Oppose
HB 0341	Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2019)	Oppose
HB 0375	Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction	Support
HB 0378	Public Health - State-Provided Health Care Benefits	Oppose
HB 0440	Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Expansion Act of 2019	Support
HB 0451	Fair Housing Opportunities Act of 2019	Oppose
HB 0503	Employers of Ex-Offenders - Liability for Negligent Hiring or Inadequate Supervision - Immunity	Support
HB 0582	Income Tax Credit - Employers - Eligible Internships	Support
HB 0634	Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range	Oppose
HB 0640	Peace Orders - Workplace Violence	Support
HB 0679	Workplace Harassment - Prohibitions, Liability, and Enforcement	Oppose as Written
HB 0680	Responsible Workforce Development Percentage Price Preference Act	Opppose
HB 0686	Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Adverse Actions - Absence Control Policy	Support
HB 0729	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Qualified Business Income	Support
HB 0790	Equal Pay for Equal Work - Enforcement - Civil Penalties (Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act)	Oppose
HB 0854	Income Tax Rates - Reductions	Support
HB 0857	Personal Property Tax - Investments in Maryland	Support
HB 0858	Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Business Personal Property	Support
HB 0886	Income Tax - Angel Investor Tax Credit Program	Support
HB 0896	Income Tax Credit - Small Businesses - Student Interns and Apprentices	Support
HB 0922	Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction	Support
HB 0976	Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Establishment by Counties	Oppose
HB 0994	Labor and Employment - Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box)	Oppose
HB 1040	Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity (Overtime Modernization Act of 2019)	Oppose
HB 1128	Unemployment Insurance - Contribution and Employment Reports - Required Information (Workforce Data Act of 2019)	Oppose
HB 1139	Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction	Support
HB 1284	Organ Donation - Prohibition on Discrimination by Insurer and Unpaid Leave	Oppose
HB 1300	Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary Workers	Support
HB 1317	Property Tax - Vehicles Valued as Stock in Business - Alteration of Tax Credit	Support
HB 1327	Small Business Development Center Network Fund - Minimum Appropriation	Support
HB 1333	Labor and Employment - Wage Payment and Collection - General Contractor Liability	Support

Senate Bills

Bill Number	Subject of Bill	Position
SB 0018	Income Tax - Flat Tax	Support
SB 0037	Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction	Support
SB 0038	Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Employers With On–Site Health Clinics – Exemption	Support with Amendments
SB 0066	Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Enforcement of Regulations	Support
SB 0076	Small Business Fairness Act	Oppose
SB 0089	Small Business Relief Tax Credit - Expansion	Support
SB 0101	Civil Actions - Prelitigation Discovery of Insurance Coverage	Oppose
SB 0122	Property Tax Credits - Real Property Used for Robotics Programs	Support
SB 0136	Corporations - Corporate Records and Electronic Transmission	Support
SB 0137	Corporations - Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions	Oppose
SB 0167	Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) Expansion Act of 2019	Support
SB 0173	State Government - Regulations Impacting Small Businesses	Support
SB 0174	More Opportunities for Marylanders Act of 2019	Support
SB 0175	Economic Development - Maryland Technology Infrastructure Program	Support
SB 0190	Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction	Support
SB 0219	Employers of Ex-Offenders - Liability for Negligent Hiring or Inadequate Supervision - Immunity	Support
SB 0243	Small Business Development Center Network Fund - Minimum Appropriation	Support
SB 0252	Railroad Company - Movement of Freight - Required Crew	Oppose
SB 0280	Labor and Employment - Payment of Wages - Minimum Wage and Enforcement (Fight for Fifteen)	Oppose
SB 0285	Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibition	Oppose
SB 0328	Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses	Oppose
SB 0391	Unemployment Insurance - Civilian Federal Employees - Benefits (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act)	Oppose
SB 0409	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Employee-Owned Businesses	Support
SB 0433	Responsible Workforce Development Percentage Price Preference Act	Oppose
SB 0478	Property Tax - Vehicles Valued as Stock in Business - Alteration of Tax Credit	Support
SB 0492	Investment in Job Skills Act of 2019	Support
SB 0493	Workforce Data Act of 2019	Oppose
SB 0500	Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment	Oppose
SB 0507	Income Tax - Angel Investor Tax Credit Program	Support
SB 0542	Community Healthy Air Act	Support
SB 0555	Peace Orders - Workplace Violence	Support
SB 0591	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Qualified Business Income	Support
SB 0681	Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary Workers	Support
SB 0705	Organ Donation – Prohibition on Discrimination by Insurer and Unpaid Leave	Oppose
SB 0738	Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range	Oppose
SB 0775	Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy	Oppose
SB 0776	Constitutional Amendment - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in Controversy	Oppose
SB 0794	Labor and Employment - Heightened Security Interest Locations (Secure Maryland Wage Act)	Oppose
SB 0812	Fair Housing Opportunities Act of 2019	Oppose
SB 0839	Labor and Employment - Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box)	Oppose
SB 0863	Labor and Employment - Screening for Use of Marijuana or Cannabis	Oppose
SB 0864	Contracts and Employment - Discrimination Against Medical Cannabis Patients and Caregivers - Prohibition	Oppose
SB 0872	Workplace Harassment - Prohibitions, Liability, and Enforcement	Oppose as Written
SB 0885	Income Tax Credit - Employers - Eligible Internships	Support
SB 0912	Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Adverse Actions - Absence Control Policy	Support
SB 0949	Labor and Employment - Grant Program for Workforce Skills Assessment	Support
SB 0951	Income Tax Rates - Reductions	Suppport
SB 0959	Labor and Employment - Wage Payment and Collection - General Contractor Liability	Support