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On April 9, 2022, the Maryland legislature voted to override Governor Hogan's veto and passed a paid family and medical leave insurance program (Time to Care Act). Maryland is the tenth state to enact paid family and medical...more
On Saturday, April 9, the Maryland General Assembly closed its legislative session by passing the Time to Care Act of 2022, overriding Governor Hogan’s earlier veto of Senate Bill 275. As such, Maryland has now joined just...more
The Massachusetts legislature, overriding Governor Baker’s prior veto, has voted to enact a new elective pass-through entity (“PTE”) tax designed as a way for PTE owners to get out from under the $10,000 cap ($5,000 for...more
Maryland had previously enacted two important - and troubling - sets of tax changes: a new tax on digital advertising and a substantial expansion of its sales tax to digital products and services. As a result of several...more
During the 2019 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed a new bill called “Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box),” which prohibited certain employers from inquiring about an applicant’s “criminal...more
After passing the budget and sending it to the Governor, the legislature turned its attention to other policy issues this week. Budget Veto (S99) - Governor Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that he was vetoing the...more
The Illinois House of Representatives and Senate have voted to override the veto by the state’s Republican governor of Senate Bill 1351, known as the Illinois Student Loan Servicing Rights Act. ...more
During the 2016 Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature, Senate Bill 1 – otherwise known as the “West Virginia Workplace Freedom Act” – became law after that Legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto on February 12,...more