The following legislative priorities passed in the 2010 general session:

Chapters 66/67 Senate Bill 400/House Bill 496)

No Representation without Population Act

This bill will require that incarcerated individuals should be counted at the last known residence before incarceration instead of the location of their incarceration for the decennial census.

 

Chapter 229 (Senate Bill 130)

Procurement-Minority Business Enterprise-Reciprocal Certification

This bill requires the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations to recognize and accommodate minority business enterprises that receive certification from the U.S. Small Business Administration or a county government in the state of Maryland.

Chapter 231 (Senate Bill 131)

State Procurement- Minority Business Enterprise-Electronic Certification Process

This bill requires the Board of Public Works to adopt regulations to include provisions that will allow a business seeking certification as a minority business enterprise to complete the application through an electronic process.

 

Chapter 309 (Senate Bill 523)

Credit Card Blacklisting Prevention Act

This bill prohibits a person from including or enforcing a provision of a consumer credit contract that will trigger a default, an acceleration of payment, an increase of interest rate or reduce the credit rate, without written permission from the consumer.

Chapter 398 (House Bill 209)

General Obligation Bonds for Capital Projects-Required Reports

This bill requires any hospital or institution of higher education that receives at least $500,000 to complete a capital project to submit a report to the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs regarding the extent to which any part of the funds will be used with a minority-owned business.

 

Chapter 514 (Senate Bill 2/House Bill 222)

Task force on Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment Capital

This bill establishes a Task Force on the Minority Business Enterprise Program and Equity Investment Capital to review the State’s economic development strategies and the extent to which those strategies encourage investment in MBEs.