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Corporations – Board Members and Executive Officers Diversity – Procurement Preference and Reporting

Sponsor: Charles E. Sydnor, III (District 44)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Corporations and AssociationsStatus: Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Board of Public Works to establish, by regulation, a threshold and process for determining the demographics of board members and executive officers of a corporation that are similar to those of the State; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations that require certain units of State government to establish a certain corporate diversity percentage price preference; requiring the Department to report by January 1 annually to the Board information on the racial and ethnic diversity of certain Boards of Directors; etc.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 3FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVElliott, Richard DeShayPrince George's County Young DemocratsWritten (PDF)
FAVClark, EugeneSenator Charles E. Sydnor IIIOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Sydnor, Senator SydnorlegislatorIndividualPosition only
UNFMcCulloch, ChampeMaryland AGCWritten (PDF)
FWAFry, DonaldGreater Baltimore CommitteeWritten (PDF)
INFORobertson, EllenMaryland Department of General ServicesWritten (PDF)
INFOHiggs, MichaelSDATWritten (PDF)

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