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SENATE BILL 648
C2, C3 4lr3051
CF HB 211
By: Senator Ellis
Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2024
Assigned to: Finance
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 22, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Business Regulation – Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers – Prohibited 2
Conduct 3
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from serving or acting as a contractor, a 4
subcontractor, or a broker between a contractor and subcontractor during a certain 5
period after the person was convicted of a certain offense under federal or state law; 6
and generally relating to contractors, subcontractors, and brokers. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Business Regulation 9
Section 19–107 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Business Regulation 15
19–107. 16
A PERSON MAY NOT SERVE OR ACT AS A CONTRACTOR , A SUBCONTRACTOR , OR 17
A BROKER BETWEEN A C ONTRACTOR AND SUBCON TRACTOR IN THE STATE DURING 18
THE 5–YEAR PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWIN G THE DATE THE PERSO N WAS 19 2 SENATE BILL 648
CONVICTED OF AN OFFE NSE CONSTITUTING CRI MINAL MALFEASANCE , 1
MISFEASANCE , OR NONFEASANCE UNDER ANY FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2024. 4
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.