Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Nursing Homes - Cost Reports [HB-933]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance on 03/12/2025
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Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act [HB-895]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Referred Finance Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment [HB-850]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and maintain a data dashboard that includes certain information relating to contractors, subcontractors, employees, and apprentices working under public work contracts; requiring each contractor who is contracted under a public work contract to provide certain information to the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to update the data dashboard on a certain basis and post the data dashboard on the Maryland Department of Labor website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Nursing Homes - Direct Care Wages and Benefits and Cost Reports (Nursing Home Care Crisis Transparency Act) [SB-679]
Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2026, to submit a cost report with documentation of wage disbursement and other appropriate information to the Maryland Department of Health.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials [HB-795]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Covered Individuals - Alternatively Qualified Individuals [HB-824]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board - Membership - Alteration [HB-825]
Adding the Comptroller, or the Comptroller's designee, as a member to the Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Referred Budget And Taxation on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions [SB-658]
Altering the noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in employment contracts or similar documents that are null and void as being against public policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) [SB-576]
Prohibiting employers from taking certain adverse 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 the employer regarding religious matters or political matters.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Motion Recommit To Committee (senator Beidle) Adopted on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices [SB-494]
Establishing requirements related to project labor agreements, community benefit agreements, and the use of registered apprentices under procurement contracts and public-private partnerships.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act – Reports of Attorney General – Frequency [HB-575]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity [HB-582]
Altering the exemption from overtime pay for individuals who are employed to work in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Motion Special Order Until 03/13 (delegate Crosby) Adopted on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Workplace Fraud - Application (Maryland Workplace Fraud Act of 2025) [HB-632]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act [HB-501]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act [SB-431]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Third Reading Passed (33-9) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Delay of Implementation [SB-355]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [HB-419]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act [SB-279]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Referred Economic Matters on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to appoint an Assistant Commissioner for Public Employees' Safety and Health; 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 certain public bodies; altering the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act as it applies to certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Referred Finance on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) [HB-233]
Prohibiting employers from taking certain adverse 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 the employer regarding religious matters or political matters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Referred Finance on 02/26/2025