| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| MD | SB436 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing a certain civil penalty and administrative penalty for employers knowingly failing to properly classify individuals as employees; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to refer to the Comptroller and the U.S. Department of L...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB1061 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1117 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; and authorizin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1172 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing requirements related to the certification of employment by public service employers under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, including requirements regarding determinations of whether employees are full-time and the fre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB696 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain gen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB900 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; and authorizin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB1182 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB994 | 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] | 2024-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB104 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a railroad employer to provide a railroad employee with unpaid earned sick and safe leave under the Healthy Working Families Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB467 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from includ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1162 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB957 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting, subject to a certain exception, an employer from using an automated employment decision tool to make certain employment decisions; and requiring an employer, under certain circumstances, to notify an applicant for employment of the emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1084 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1255 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting, subject to a certain exception, an employer from using an automated employment decision tool to make certain employment decisions; and requiring an employer, under certain circumstances, to notify an applicant for employment of the emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB525 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB682 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain gen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB802 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting employers from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant declines to attend or participate in employer-sponsored meetings during which the employer communicates the opinion of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB513 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB645 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB160 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting certain employers of tipped employees, beginning July 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages and requiring the employe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB233 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 under certain provision...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
