Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information [HB-205]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring an employer to include all regularly scheduled hours, regardless of whether earned or accrued leave was used; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; and authorizing a firefighter or their exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Third Reading Passed (134-1) on 03/14/2025
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Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board - Membership - Alteration [SB-41]
Adding the Comptroller, or the Comptroller's designee, as a member to the Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Economic Matters on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cyber Maryland Program - Revisions [HB-82]
Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; altering the purposes for which the Cyber Maryland Fund may be used; repealing certain funding requirements related to the Program; and altering the membership of the Cyber Maryland Board.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud [HB-264]
Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Declaration of Rights - Right to Organize [HB-37]
Establishing every person employed in the State of Maryland has the fundamental right to organize and collectively bargain concerning compensation, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means; and providing that the Constitutional amendment proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State or adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Application Year and Participation of Self–Employed Individuals [SB-225]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program governing the participation of self-employed individuals in the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; repealing certain requirements related to the payment of contributions to the Program by participating self-employed individuals; excluding participating self-employed individuals from certain provisions of law governing the payment of benefits under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information [SB-124]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring an employer to include all regularly scheduled hours, regardless of whether earned or accrued leave was use; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; and authorizing a firefighter or their exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 1/16 At 3:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Data Dashboard (Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act) [SB-3]
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 at least once a month and post the data dashboard on the Maryland Department of Labor website; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Ratifying the Federal Child Labor Amendment [HJR-3]
Ratifying the federal Child Labor Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as proposed by U.S. House Joint Resolution 184 of 1924, to provide the U.S. Congress with the power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under the age of 18 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cyber Maryland Program - Revisions [SB-241]
Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; altering the purposes for which the Cyber Maryland Fund may be used; repealing certain funding requirements related to the Program; and altering the membership of the Cyber Maryland Board.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Revisions (Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act) [SB-26]
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; requiring the Commissioner to develop standards for protecting employees of public bodies from workplace violence; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Referred Appropriations on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Application Year and Participation of Self-Employed Individuals [HB-102]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program governing the participation of self-employed individuals in the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; repealing certain requirements related to the payment of contributions to the Program by participating self-employed individuals; excluding participating self-employed individuals from certain provisions of law governing the payment of benefits under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Parental School Engagement Leave Act [SB-58]
Requiring certain employers to provide certain employees with at least 12 hours of parental school engagement leave each school year to attend meetings and conferences relating to the schooling of the employee's child; and requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and the Commissioner of Labor to provide notice of certain provisions of the Act and develop and make available a document that may be used to validate an employee's use of parental school engagement leave.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud [SB-218]
Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Ratifying the Federal Child Labor Amendment [SJR-1]
Ratifying the federal Child Labor Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as proposed by U.S. House Joint Resolution 184 of 1924, to provide the U.S. Congress with the power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under the age of 18 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 1/22 At 3:45 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [HB-1526]
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 insurance benefits eligibility; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish certain temporary relief programs to provide assistance to individuals and certain entities impacted by a certain closure of the Port of Baltimore; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [SB-1188]
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; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish programs to assist individuals and certain entities impacted by the reduced operations of the Port of Baltimore; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to alter certain unemployment eligibility requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses - Veterinary and Health Care Professionals [SB-1182]
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 State; and applying the Act retroactively.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information [SB-1117]
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 authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electric System Planning - Scope and Funding [HB-1393]
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; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to require investment in certain demand-side reliability and efficiency improvement methods; requiring that certain regulations adopted and orders issued by the Commission by December 31, 2025, be developed in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 540 on 05/09/2024