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Bills/2024 Regular Session

HB 582

EnactedCrossfile SB 473
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Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)

Sponsor: SpeakerCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Economic DevelopmentStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 710 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation; requiring certain appropriations for the programs to be included in the annual budget bill in certain fiscal years; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list
FAV 18FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAdams, StevenAnne Arundel Economic Development CorporationWritten (PDF)
FAVWalinskas, AlexBaltimore Development CorporationWritten (PDF)
FAVRhoades Brown, AdamCross Street PartnersOral + Written (PDF)
FAVThomas, Mark AnthonylobbyistGreater Baltimore CommitteeOral
FAVLawrence, MarkInncuvateWritten (PDF)
FAVWyskiel, ChristyJohns Hopkins UniversityOral + Written (PDF)
FAVAnderson, KevinMaryland Department of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVSchulz, KellyMaryland Tech CouncilOral
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVFallon, BradOffice of the GovernorWritten (PDF)
FAVLeMaile-Stovall, TroyTEDCOOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBrown, RenaudIndividualPosition only
FAVBuckler, LaurenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVClark, AndyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLaPere, FrankIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPhillips, BradlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSpeaker, SpeakerIndividualOral
FAVVetter, DrewIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAPower, MattMaryland Independent College and University AssociationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Anne Arundel Economic Development CorporationFAV 1
Baltimore Development CorporationFAV 1
Cross Street PartnersFAV 1
Greater Baltimore CommitteeFAV 1
InncuvateFAV 1
Johns Hopkins UniversityFAV 1
Maryland Department of CommerceFAV 1
Maryland Independent College and University AssociationFWA 1
Maryland Tech CouncilFAV 1
Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1
Office of the GovernorFAV 1
TEDCOFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVThomas, Mark AnthonyGreater Baltimore CommitteeRegistered for: Greater Baltimore Committee
FAVPhillips, BradRegistered for: Maryland Association of Community Colleges