SB 453

Enacted

Economic Development – Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program

Sponsor: Cory V. McCray (District 45)Committee: FinanceSubject: Economic DevelopmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Maryland Makerspace Initiative Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to encourage the establishment of makerspaces throughout the State; authorizing the Corporation to partner with a certain entity to provide technical assistance to certain nonprofit entities and to award certain financial assistance to local governments, certain designees of local government, and certain nonprofit entities for the establishment of makerspaces in the State; etc.

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Testimony (41)

MGA witness list

FAV 39FavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Cocciole, Claire	--None--	Written (PDF)
FAV	McCoy, Juli	Allegany County Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
FAV	Burnett, Kristerfer	Baltimore City Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beller, Joel	Baltimore County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Day, Jacob	City of Salisbury	Written (PDF)
FAV	Day, Jacob	City of Salisbury	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry, Donald	Greater Baltimore Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fry, Donald	Greater Baltimore Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Evans Arthurs, Maureen	Howard County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Voytek, Maddy	MD Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
FAV	Voytek, Maddy	MD Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
FAV	McCray, Cory	MGA	Written (PDF)
FAV	McCray, Cory	MGA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kinnally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kinnally, Kevin	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fiore, Justin	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fiore, Justin	Maryland Municipal League	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mehu, Natashalobbyist	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elrich, Marc	Montgomery County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elrich, Marc	Montgomery County Government	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones-Davis, Dorothy	Nation of Makers	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones-Davis, Dorothy	Nation of Makers	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ellis, Dan	Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holman, Will	Open Works	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holman, Will	Open Works	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sullivan, Nichole	Open Works	Oral
FAV	Didriksen, Neil	Robert W. Deutsch Foundation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Matthews, Dakota	Rural Maryland Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Van de Castle, Audrey	Stanley Black & Decker	Written (PDF)
FAV	LeMaile-Stovall, Troy	TEDCO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lucas, Tammira	The Cube Cowork	Written (PDF)
FAV	Auvil, Stephen	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Navarro, Marianne	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Prebil, Michael	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator McCray, Senator McCraylegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator McCray, Senator McCraylegislator	Individual	Oral
INFO	Wilkins, Barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Wilkins, Barbara	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

--None--FAV 1

Allegany County Chamber of CommerceFAV 1

Baltimore City CouncilFAV 1

Baltimore County GovernmentFAV 2

City of SalisburyFAV 2

Greater Baltimore CommitteeFAV 2

Howard County GovernmentFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FAV 2

Maryland Municipal LeagueFAV 2

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MD Chamber of CommerceFAV 2

MGAFAV 2

Montgomery County GovernmentFAV 2

Nation of MakersFAV 2

Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.FAV 1

Open WorksFAV 3

Robert W. Deutsch FoundationFAV 1

Rural Maryland CouncilFAV 1

Stanley Black & DeckerFAV 1

TEDCOFAV 1

The Cube CoworkFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.…