Maryland 2024 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB648 Chaptered / Bill

Filed 05/15/2024

                     	WES MOORE, Governor 	Ch. 639 
 
– 1 – 
Chapter 639 
(Senate Bill 648) 
 
AN ACT concerning 
 
Business Regulation – Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers – Prohibited 
Conduct 
 
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from serving or acting as a contractor, a 
subcontractor, or a broker between a contractor and subcontractor during a certain 
period after the person was convicted of a certain offense under federal or state law; 
and generally relating to contractors, subcontractors, and brokers. 
 
BY adding to 
 Article – Business Regulation 
Section 19–107 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 
 (2015 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 
 
 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 
 
Article – Business Regulation 
 
19–107. 
 
 A PERSON MAY NOT SERVE OR ACT AS A CONTRACTOR , A SUBCONTRACTOR , OR 
A BROKER BETWEEN A C ONTRACTOR AND SUBCON TRACTOR IN THE STATE DURING 
THE 5–YEAR PERIOD IMMEDIAT ELY FOLLOWING THE DA TE THE PERSON WAS 
CONVICTED OF AN OFFE	NSE CONSTITUTING CRI MINAL MALFEASANCE , 
MISFEASANCE , OR NONFEASANCE UNDER ANY FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. 
 
 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 
October 1, 2024. 
 
Approved by the Governor, May 9, 2024.