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Nursing Homes - Cost Reports [HB-933]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review the cost reports and other data submitted by each nursing home that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and requiring the Department to report the findings resulting from the review conducted under the Act to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter through 2029.
HB-933: Nursing Homes - Cost Reports
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 733 on 05/20/2025
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Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act [HB-895]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Veterans ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing the regulation of business, economic development, insurance, and labor and employment to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
HB-895: Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 6 on 04/08/2025
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Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment [HB-850]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient and cost-effective method to create a publicly available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and apprentices working under the public work contracts; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 7, 2027.
HB-850: Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/20/2025
Nursing Homes - Cost Reports (Nursing Home Care Crisis Transparency Act) [SB-679]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review the cost reports and other data submitted by each nursing home that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and requiring the Department to report the findings resulting from the review conducted under the Act to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter through 2029.
SB-679: Nursing Homes - Cost Reports (Nursing Home Care Crisis Transparency Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials [HB-795]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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 requiring the Student Loan Ombudsman in the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to develop and disseminate information to increase awareness of and participation in the Program.
HB-795: Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 324 on 05/06/2025
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Covered Individuals - Alternatively Qualified Individuals [HB-824]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide benefits, beginning July 1, 2027, to alternatively qualified individuals who care for or bond with a child under certain circumstances; altering the date that the Secretary of Labor is required to begin conducting certain cost analyses of the Program; and requiring that an employer allow an alternatively qualified individual who is receiving benefits under the Program to take certain unpaid leave from employment.
HB-824: Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Covered Individuals - Alternatively Qualified Individuals
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/19/2025
SB-576: Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Motion Recommit To Committee (senator Beidle) Adopted on 03/10/2025
You have voted SB-576: Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act).
SB-494: Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-494: Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices.
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Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act – Reports of Attorney General – Frequency [HB-575]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the frequency, from every month to every 6 months, of the reports required to be submitted by the Attorney General to the General Assembly regarding the status of the recovery of economic damages arising from the closure of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore and the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
HB-575: Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act – Reports of Attorney General – Frequency
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 99 on 04/22/2025
Labor and Employment - Workplace Fraud - Application (Maryland Workplace Fraud Act of 2025) [HB-632]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Applying to all private sector employers, rather than only employers in the construction and landscape services industries, provisions of law that prohibit an employer from failing to properly classify an individual who performs work for remuneration paid by the employer.
HB-632: Labor and Employment - Workplace Fraud - Application (Maryland Workplace Fraud Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025
Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act [HB-501]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to waive the license examination requirement for a journey plumber license; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to waive the examination for certain licenses; altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to market and advance the registered apprenticeship system throughout the State; etc.
HB-501: Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act [SB-431]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to scale registered apprenticeships across industries and occupations to meet the needs of the State's economy; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program within the Maryland Department of Labor; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
SB-431: Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/08/2025
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Delay of Implementation [SB-355]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Altering, from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027, and from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2028, the dates on which the payment of contributions and the submission of claims for benefits, respectively, are to begin under the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program.
SB-355: Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Delay of Implementation
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/20/2025
Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [HB-419]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
HB-419: Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2025
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Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act [SB-279]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Veterans ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing the regulation of business, economic development, insurance, and labor and employment to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
SB-279: Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 5 on 04/08/2025
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Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
HB-176: Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 609 on 05/20/2025
HB-233: Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Referred Finance on 02/26/2025
You have voted HB-233: Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act).