| MD | HB238 | Pass | Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted in each public indoor area and each public entrance to an indoor area where smoking or vaping is prohibited; r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 |
| MD | SB244 | Pass | Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted and maintained in a certain manner in certain indoor areas and certain public entrances; requiring the Marylan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 755 |
| MD | SB470 | Pass | Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; alter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708 |
| MD | HB597 | Pass | Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; alter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 |
| MD | SB620 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants for higher education; requiring the Department to set goals for the number of incarcerated individuals in certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 943 |
| MD | HB261 | Pass | Prohibiting a payment to an individual as compensation received for serving as an election judge for a local board of elections in the State from being included when computing the wages required to be subtracted from an eligible claimant's weekly ben...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 617 |
| MD | SB775 | Pass | Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438 |
| MD | HB1012 | Pass | Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| MD | HB1128 | Pass | Establishing the Talent Innovation Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to increase access to high-quality job training by using innovative and sustainable talent financing mechanisms to help meet skill needs in the State's prominent and emerg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 421 |
| MD | HB1393 | Pass | Altering the scope of certain policy goals with regard to energy systems; requiring the Public Service Commission to report on certain projects relating to certain goals; altering the scope of certain funds that may be used for certain projects; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 540 |
| MD | SB38 | Pass | Requiring that a notice of the pay rate, regular paydays, and leave benefits provided to an employee at the time of hiring be written; requiring that the statement regarding earnings required to be provided to employees by employers be written on the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 |
| MD | HB136 | Pass | Prohibiting employers from taking or threatening to take adverse action against an employee because the employee takes certain actions regarding rights and responsibilities, complaints, investigations, proceedings, or hearings; authorizing the Commis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 207 |
| MD | SB225 | Pass | Continuing the Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to June 1, 2034, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory autho...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 |
| MD | HB385 | Pass | Requiring that a notice containing certain information provided to an employee at the time of hiring be written; requiring that the statement regarding earnings required to be provided to employees by employers be written on the physical pay stub or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306 |
| MD | HB465 | Pass | Increasing, from $5,000 to $10,000, the maximum civil penalty for the knowing failure of an employer to properly classify an individual as an employee; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, on a showing by clear and convincing evidenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 309 |
| MD | SB485 | Pass | Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 |
| MD | SB466 | Pass | Exempting minor league baseball players who are compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for the wages and working conditions of employees from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 246 |
| MD | HB571 | Pass | Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 267 |
| MD | SB525 | Pass | Altering the requirement that an employer disclose certain wage information to an applicant for employment; requiring an employer to disclose certain wage information in certain postings and to certain employees at certain times; requiring an employe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 272 |
| MD | HB589 | Pass | Exempting applicants for employment as a paramedic or an emergency medical technician with Dorchester County or as a 9-1-1 specialist at the Dorchester County 9-1-1 Center from the prohibition on employers requiring or demanding that an individual su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 380 |
| MD | SB511 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to submit a report, or or before October 1, 2024, to the General Assembly that analyzes the apprenticeship mentoring ratio for all nontraditional apprenticeable occupations in the State, with recommendations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 |
| MD | HB602 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity to also prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 131 |
| MD | HB649 | Pass | Altering the requirement that an employer disclose certain wage information to an applicant for employment; requiring an employer to disclose certain wage information in certain postings and to certain employees at certain times; requiring an employe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 271 |
| MD | HB669 | Pass | Altering the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers' compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; altering the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 282 |
| MD | HB650 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to submit a report to the General Assembly that analyzes the apprenticeship mentoring ratio for all nontraditional apprenticeable occupations in the State; and requiring the Department to submit the report t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 308 |
| MD | HB702 | Pass | Exempting minor league baseball players who are compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for the wages and working conditions of employees from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245 |
| MD | SB843 | Pass | Altering the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers' compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; altering the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purpo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 |
| MD | SB809 | Pass | Exempting applicants for employment as a paramedic or an emergency medical technician with the Emergency Medical Services Division or as a 9-1-1 Center dispatcher at the Dorchester County 9-1-1 Center within the Dorchester County Department of Emerg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 |
| MD | SB1106 | Pass | Correcting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 |
| MD | HB1397 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 |
| MD | HB1388 | Pass | Applying to certain veterinary and health care professionals certain provisions of law stating that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the Sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 378 |
| MD | HB244 | Pass | Altering certain civil penalties for violations of the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to annually increase the maximum and minimum civil penalties, beginning in 2025, by the percentag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 104 |
| MD | HB197 | Pass | Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt a federal civilian employee who has been furloughed from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility if, during the furlough, the employee remains able to wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 102 |
| MD | SB234 | Pass | Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt a federal civilian employee who has been furloughed from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility if, during the furlough, the employee remains able to wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 103 |
| MD | SB216 | Pass | Increasing, from $10,000 to $25,000, the cap on penalties for an employer's failure to secure required workers' compensation insurance or comply with an order of the State Workers' Compensation Commission regarding an employer's failure to secure req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 78 |
| MD | HB251 | Pass | Specifying that certain limitations on the payment of benefits to employees of governmental entities or charitable, educational, or religious organizations do not apply with respect to service in other covered employment, including covered employment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 105 |
| MD | SB478 | Pass | Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 |
| MD | SB476 | Pass | Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 |
| MD | HB584 | Pass | Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 13 |
| MD | HB1526 | Pass | Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt an individual from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2 |
| MD | SB1188 | Pass | Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance to a student who was a dependent or is the surviving spouse of a fallen transportation worker; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 3 |
| MD | SB590 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted |
| MD | SB84 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Startup Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide high school and college students and career changers opportunities to begin a career in education; requiring a sponsor particpating in a teac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB604 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| MD | HB11 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Leasing Training Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to train, prepare, and connect job seekers with careers in the residential rental housing industry; requiring the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning to ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-25
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1319 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; authorizing the Governor, on recommendation of the Com...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB460 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a payment to an individual as compensation received for serving as an election judge for a local board of elections in the State from being included when computing the wages required to be subtracted from an eligible claimant's weekly ben...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB91 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Leasing Training Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to train, prepare, and connect job seekers with careers in the residential rental housing industry; requiring the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning to ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1285 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing licensed social workers to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; and authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1226 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to employees, notificati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
