Legislative Session 2018

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 18	Corporations and Associations - Fee for Processing Articles of Dissolution and Certificates of Cancellation - Repeal	Support
HB 26	Community Healthy Air Act	Oppose
HB 43	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Perpetual Conservation Easements	Support
HB 55	Business Occupations – Obligations of Real Estate Brokers – Voter Registration	Oppose
HB 62	Procurement Contracts - Gender Wage Gap Reporting	Oppose
HB 66	Sales and Use Tax - Alcoholic Beverages - Rate Reduction	Support
HB 67	Maryland Plumbing Act - Non-Water-Conserving Fixtures and Devices - Repeal of Criminal Penalties for Sale or Installation	Support
HB 90	Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Low Assessments	Support with Amendment
HB 99	Small Business Relief Tax Credit	Support
HB 135	Health Insurance – Coverage for Male Sterilization – High–Deductible Health Plans	Support
HB 180	Railroad Company - Movement of Freight - Required Crew	Oppose
HB 264	Labor and Employment - Labor Organizations - Right to Work	Support
HB 289	Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages	Oppose
HB 308	Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit	Oppose
HB 348	Commonsense Spending Act of 2018	Support
HB 374	Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Business Personal Property	Support
HB 377	Maryland Transportation Authority - Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Toll Collection	Oppose
HB 380	Personal Property Tax - Investments in Maryland	Support
HB 512	Labor and Employment – Pay Scales and Wage History Information	Oppose
HB 518	Alcoholic Beverages - Reform on Tap Act of 2018	Support
HB 538	Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibition	Oppose
HB 540	Labor and Employment - Pre-Tax Transportation Fringe Benefit - Requirement (Maryland Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Act)	Oppose
HB 541	Labor and Employment – Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box)	Oppose
HB 566	Business Relief and Tax Fairness Act of 2018	Support with Amendment
HB 609	Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds	Support
HB 614	Hospitals - Changes in Status - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement	Oppose
HB 664	Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen)	Oppose
HB 802	Retire in Maryland Act of 2018	Support
HB 818	Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction	Support
HB 842	Small Business Fairness Act of 2018	Oppose
HB 873	Corporations – Transfer of Assets and Exchange of Shares of Stock	Support
HB 875	Protecting Maryland Taxpayers Act of 2018	Support
HB 876	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Employee-Owned Businesses	Support
HB 962	Alcoholic Beverages - Auxiliary Winery Permit	Support
HB 974	Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity	Oppose
HB 1051	Corporate Income Tax - Throwback Rule	Oppose
HB 1095	Corporations - Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions	Oppose
HB 1105	Job-Related Alcohol and Controlled Dangerous Substances Testing - Medical Review Officers and Preliminary Breath Tests	Support
HB 1116	Public Safety - Agritourism - Permit Exemption	Support
HB 1190	Income Tax - Standard Deduction - Alteration	Support
HB1208	Job Reinvestment Act of 2018	Support
HB 1216	Career Preparation Expansion Act	Support
HB 1241	Corporations and Associations - Recordation and Filing - Proof of Occupational or Professional License or Admission to Bar	Oppose
HB 1262	Healthy Working Families Act - Enforcement - Modifications (Healthy Working Families Enforcement Consistency Act)	Support
HB 1277	Income Tax - Elimination of the Marriage Penalty	Support
HB 1294	Income Tax Credit – Payment of Tuition at a Community College	Support with Amendment
HB 1322	Corporate Income Tax - Federal Repatriation Holiday	Support
HB 1358	Income Tax Credit - Employers - Eligible Internships	Support
HB 1364	Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Calculation of Employees (Fair Sick Leave and Holiday Compensation Act)	Oppose
HB 1417	Healthy Working Families Act - Delay of Effective Date	Support
HB 1421	Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Worker Revisions	Support
HB 1496	http://carrollcountychamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/HB-1496-–-Labor-and-Employment-–-Discrimination-Against-Medical-Cannabis-Patients-and-Caregivers-–-Prohibition-Medical-Cannabis-Patient-and-Caregiver-Antidiscrimination-Act-Oppose.pdf	Oppose
HB 1510	Corporations and Associations - Filing Fee - Annual Report	Support
HB 1596	Labor and Employment – Sexual Harassment – Contractual Waivers and Reporting Requirements	Oppose
HB 1611	Courts - Concealment of Public Hazard and Sexual Harassment (Sunshine in Litigation Act)	Oppose
HB 1666	Small Business Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 2018	Support
HB 1692	Land Use - Solar Electric Generating Facility Siting - Prohibition on Contiguous Parcels of Agricultural Land	Oppose
HB 1707	Inheritance Tax - Repeal	Support

Senate Bills

Bill Number	Subject of Bill	Position
SB 5	Civil Actions - Punitive Damage Awards	Oppose
SB 31	State Retirement and Pension System - State Employees and Teachers - Benefits	Support
SB 36	Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages	Oppose
SB 133	Community Healthy Air Act	Oppose
SB 134	Small Business Relief Tax Credit	Support
SB 137	Health Insurance - Coverage for Male Sterilization - High-Deductible Health Plans	Support
SB 165	Income Tax - Flat Tax	Support
SB 166	Corporate Income Tax - Federal Repatriation Holiday	Support
SB 193	Income Tax - Interest Rate - Wynne Case	Support
SB 195	Business Relief and Tax Fairness Act of 2018	Support with Amendment
SB 223	Transportation - Highway User Revenues - Allocation	Support
SB 227	Small Business Fairness Act of 2018	Oppose
SB 235	Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Indexing	Oppose
SB 283	Alcoholic Beverages - Auxiliary Winery Permit	Support
SB 293	Commonsense Spending Act of 2018	Support
SB 318	Income Tax - Standard Deduction - Alteration	Support
SB 360	Carroll County - Public Facilities Bonds	Support
SB 363	Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax and Associated Mandated Devices - Prohibition	Support
SB 368	Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase	Oppose
SB 377	Labor and Employment - Pay Scales and Wage History Information	Oppose
SB 380	Income Tax Credit - Employers - Eligible Internships	Support
SB 390	Hospitals - Changes in Status - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement	Oppose
SB 428	Tax Overpayment - Interest on Refunds	Support
SB 498	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Employee-Owned Businesses	Support
SB 538	Corporate Income Tax - Throwback Rule	Oppose
SB 543	Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen)	Oppose
SB 561	Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit	Oppose
SB 567	Income Tax Rates - Reductions	Support
SB 646	Maryland Estate Tax - Unified Credit	Oppose
SB 651	Environment - Expanded Polystyrene Food Service Products - Prohibition	Oppose
SB 659	Corporations - Transfer of Assets and Exchange of Shares of Stock	Support
SB 712	Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Exemptions	Oppose
SB 733	Protecting Maryland Taxpayers Act of 2018	Support
SB 760	Land Use - Solar Electric Generating Facility Siting - Prohibition on Contiguous Parcels of Agricultural Land	Oppose
SB 810	Job Reinvestment Act of 2018	Support
SB 828	Income Tax - Personal Exemptions - Inflation Adjustment	Support
SB 829	Income Tax Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income (Fairness in Taxation for Retirees Act)	Support
SB 830	Income Tax - Standard Deduction - Inflation Adjustment	Support
SB 865	Corporations - Maryland General Corporation Law - Miscellaneous Provisions	Oppose
SB 955	Income Tax - Angel Investor Tax Credit Program	Support
SB 971	Corporations and Associations – Recordation and Filing – Proof of Occupational or Professional License	Oppose
SB 978	Career Preparation Expansion Act	Support
SB 993	Corporations and Associations - Fee for Processing Articles of Dissolution and Certificates of Cancellation - Repeal	Support
SB 995	Corporate Income Tax - Single Sales Factor Apportionment	Oppose
SB 997	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Perpetual Conservation Easements	Support
SB 1010	Labor and Employment - Sexual Harassment - Contractual Waivers and Reporting Requirements	Oppose
SB 1019	Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase	Oppose
Sb 1151	Income Tax - Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit - Alteration	Support with Amendment
SB 1152	Public Safety - Agritourism - Permit Exemption	Support