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Legislative Session 2020

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 0014Equal Pay for Equal Work - Inquiring About Wages - Prohibition on Adverse ActionOppose as Written
HB 0045Economic Development - Opportunity Zone Incentives - Alteration of the More Jobs for Marylanders and Opportunity Zone Enhancement ProgramsSupport with Amendment
HB 0123Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage RangeOppose
HB 0126Peace Orders - Workplace ViolenceSupport
HB 0163Labor and Employment - Labor Organizations - Right to WorkSupport
HB 0188Public Health - State-Provided Health Care BenefitsOppose
HB 0231Housing Opportunities Made Equal ActOppose
HB 0312Discrimination in Employment - Reasonable Accommodations for Applicants With DisabilitiesOppose
HB 0342Retirement Tax Reduction Act of 2020Support
HB 0343Economic Development - Maryland Technology Infrastructure ProgramSupport
HB 0473Corporate Income Tax - Throwback RuleOppose
HB 0561Electric Industry - Community Choice EnergyOppose
HB 0671Estates and Trusts - Health Savings Accounts - EstablishmentSupport
HB 0726Constitutional Amendment - Civil Jury TrialsOppose
HB 0727 Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in ControversyOppose
HB 0817Regulations Affecting Small Businesses - Certification of Comparable Local RegulationSupport with Amendment
HB 0839Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - EstablishmentOppose
HB 0908Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - VerificationSupport with Amendment
HB 0913Income Tax Standard Deduction – Alteration and Cost of LivingSupport
HB 0940Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Business Personal PropertySupport
HB 0964Employment Discrimination – Definitions of “Employee” and “Harassment” (Workplace Civility Act)Support
HB 0965 Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Allegany County and Garrett CountyOppose
HB 1018Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - RevisionsOppose
HB 1021Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary WorkersSupport
HB 1030Employers of Ex-Offenders - Liability for Negligent Hiring or Inadequate Supervision - ImmunitySupport
HB 1097 Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law – Revisions (Maryland Wage Protection Act)Oppose
HB 1123Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Agricultural StandsSupport
HB 1143Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Agricultural StandsOppose
HB 1198Income Tax Credit - Small Businesses - Student InternsSupport
HB 1202Labor and Employment - Use of Facial Recognition Services - ProhibitionOppose
HB 1410Labor and Employment – Secure Maryland Wage ActOppose
HB 1415Health Facilities - Residential Service Agencies - Compliance with State Labor LawsOppose
HB 1466Labor and Employment - Employment Contracts - Intellectual PropertyOppose
HB 1606Corporations and Associations - Fees for Processing Articles of Dissolution, Certificates of Cancellation, and Other Documents - RepealSuport
HB 1628 Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and ServicesOppose

Senate Bills

Bill NumberSubject of BillPosition
SB 0024Small Business Fairness ActOppose
SB 0062Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage ActOppose
SB 0066Income Tax - Credit for Small Businesses - State Minimum Wage IncreaseSupport
SB 0122Economic Development - Opportunity Zone Incentives - Alteration of the More Jobs for Marylanders and Opportunity Zone Enhancement ProgramsSupport with Amendment
SB 0157Employers of Ex-Offenders - Liability - ImmunitySupport
SB 0183Health Insurance - Health Benefit Plans - Special Enrollment Period for PregnancyOppose as Written
SB 0217Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage RangeOppose
SB 0241Maryland Healthy Working Families Act- Applicability Oppose
SB 0270Economic Development - Maryland Technology Infrastructure ProgramSupport
SB 0278Retirement Tax Reduction Act of 2020Support
SB 0315Electric Industry - Community Choice EnergyOppose
SB 0331Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax and Associated Mandated Devices - ProhibitionSupport
SB 0403Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Agricultural StandsSupport
SB 0404Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - VerificationSupport with Amendment
SB 0419Labor and Employment - Grant Program for Workforce Skills AssessmentSupport
SB 0473Discrimination in Employment - Reasonable Accommodations for Applicants With DisabilitiesOppose
SB 0507Estates and Trusts - Health Savings Accounts - EstablishmentSupport
SB 0530Housing Opportunities Made Equal ActOppose
SB 0539Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - EstablishmentOppose
SB 0550Constitutional Amendment - Civil Jury TrialsOppose
SB 0551Courts - Civil Jury Trials - Amount in ControversyOppose
SB 0631Income Tax Standard Deduction - Alteration and Cost of LivingSupport
SB 0641Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law – Revisions (Maryland Wage Protection Act)Oppose
SB 720 Regulations Affecting Small Businesses - Certification of Comparable Local RegulationSupport With Amendment
SB 780Labor and Employment – Economic Stabilization Act – RevisionsOppose
SB 0846Peace Orders - Workplace ViolenceSupport
SB 0862Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Allegany County and Garrett CountyOppose
SB 0906Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary WorkersSupport

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Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
9 East Main Street, Suite 105
Westminster, MD 21157

410.848.9050
Fax: 410-876-1023
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Westminster, MD 21158

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