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Regulations Affecting Small Businesses - Certification of Comparable Local Regulation

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Business Regulation and OccupationsStatus: Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a certain unit of State government proposing a regulation affecting small businesses to include a certain certification stating whether a certain comparable regulation has been adopted by a unit of local government in a certain economic impact analysis rating and a certain economic impact analysis; and authorizing a certain unit of State government to include a statement that compliance with the local regulation will constitute compliance with a proposed regulation under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableINFO 4Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCostello, ChrisHoCo Chamber of CommerceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBallentine, TomNAIOPWritten (PDF)
FAVO'Halloran, MikeNFIBPosition only
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOMckitrick, JamesDepartment of Natural ResourcesWritten (PDF)
INFOHarrison, MichaelMaryland Department of LaborWritten (PDF)
INFOMaryland, Department of CommerceMaryland Dept of CommerceWritten (PDF)
INFODept of Labor, MarylandMaryland Dept of LaborWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record