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Recipients of Economic Development Assistance or State Contracts - Certification of Compliance With State Labor Laws

Sponsor: Vaughn Stewart (District 19)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Economic DevelopmentStatus: Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring certain persons that receive certain State economic development assistance to make a certification each year that the person was not the subject of a certain final adverse determination and is not currently failing to comply with certain outstanding requirements under a prior final judgment or order; requiring a certain unit of State government to initiate a pause on disbursements or approvals of certain economic development assistance or the award or renewal of certain State contracts; etc.

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Testimony (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGilmore , DeniselobbyistAFSCME MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVAlbacarys, RicoInternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 24Written (PDF)
FAVMeyer, ChristopherlobbyistMaryland Center on Economic PolicyWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionPosition only
FAVEdwards, DonnaMaryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Stewart, Delegate StewartlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVStewart, VaughnIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFMalone, SeanlobbyistHJMOral
UNFWiggins, GrasonlobbyistMaryland Chamber of CommerceOral + Written (PDF)
UNFTeffeau, MatthewlobbyistIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGilmore , DeniseAFSCME MarylandRegistered for: AFSCME Maryland Council 3; AFSCME Council 3
FAVMeyer, ChristopherMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy
UNFMalone, SeanHJMRegistered for: AFT Maryland; Associated Builders & Contractors; Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Baltimore Industrial Group; Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership
UNFWiggins, GrasonMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Maryland Chamber of Commerce; United Way of Central Maryland, Inc.; Madison Marquette Property Investments LLC; Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; Family Tree, The; OVG Facilities
UNFTeffeau, MatthewRegistered for: ABC Metro Washington; Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.