Health Insurance & Pharmacy Benefits Mgrs [SB-142]
An Act relating to municipal and state group health insurance plans and policies, including self-insured plans and policies, and the administration and management of pharmacy benefits; and providing for an effective date.
SB-142: Health Insurance & Pharmacy Benefits Mgrs
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Giessel
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/24/2025
Public Employee Personal Information [HB-146]
An Act prohibiting public employers from disclosing certain public employee personal information; making disclosure of certain public employee personal information an unfair labor practice; and creating an exception to the Public Records Act for certain public employee personal information.
HB-146: Public Employee Personal Information
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Hall
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/21/2025
HB-1517: Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Schindler
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2025
You have voted HB-1517: Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act).
SB-1024: Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2025
You have voted SB-1024: Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act).
Peace Officer Retirement Benefits [HB-108]
An Act relating to participation of certain peace officers in the defined benefit and defined contribution plans of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
HB-108: Peace Officer Retirement Benefits
Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/17/2025
Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [HB-1509]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.
HB-1509: Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Harris
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
Employee Retirement Benefits/sbs [HB-107]
An Act relating to supplemental employee benefits; relating to retirement benefits of peace officers and firefighters hired after June 30, 2006; and providing for an effective date.
HB-107: Employee Retirement Benefits/sbs
Sponsored by: Rep. Mia Costello
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/14/2025
Employment - Wages - Deductions for Public Employees [HB-1491]
Applying to governmental employers certain provisions of the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law that prohibit an employer from making deductions from the wage of an employee except for specified purposes; and allowing a governmental employer to make a deduction from a public employee's wage if the deduction is authorized expressly in a compensation or benefit plan adopted by the employer.
HB-1491: Employment - Wages - Deductions for Public Employees
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
Frederick County - County Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check [SB-995]
Authorizing the Director of Human Resources of Frederick County to request from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective or current county employee or county volunteer; requiring the Central Repository to forward certain information to certain persons; requiring that the information remain confidential and that it be used only for personnel-related purposes; etc.
SB-995: Frederick County - County Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities [HB-1473]
Altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; establishing certain requirements for equal access to public services for certain State departments, agencies, and programs, including developing a language access plan; requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs to oversee, monitor, investigate, and enforce certain provisions of law; etc.
HB-1473: State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
You have voted HB-1473: State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities.
HB-1424: Catastrophic Event Account, Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
You have voted HB-1424: Catastrophic Event Account, Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act).
Employees' Pension System - Town of Forest Heights Employees - Membership [HB-1339]
Authorizing certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to participate in the Employees' Pension System; providing that membership in the Employees' Pension System is optional for certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights; requiring certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to make a certain election on a certain date; providing for certain employees of the Town of Forest Heights to receive service credit for certain prior service; etc.
HB-1339: Employees' Pension System - Town of Forest Heights Employees - Membership
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department [HB-1426]
Establishing the Carroll County Board of Commissioners as the Carroll County Board of Health; requiring the board of health to take certain actions related to operating procedures for the Carroll County Health Department, records of the Department, and evaluations of the health officer, deputy health officers, and other employees of the health department; authorizing the board of health to remove the health officer or a deputy health officer under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1426: Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals [HB-1369]
Establishing a minimum wage of $25.00 to be paid by county boards of education to certain education support professionals beginning July 1, 2025; adjusting the minimum wage for education support professionals for inflation each year; and defining "education support professional" as a noncertificated public school employee designated as part of a nonsupervisory bargaining unit.
HB-1369: Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Local Government - Hiring and Promotion Preferences for Veterans and Spouses of Service Members and Veterans (Families Serve Act) [HB-1443]
Authorizing counties and municipalities to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to eligible veterans, spouses of an eligible service member, spouses of certain eligible veterans and eligible service members, and surviving spouses of deceased eligible veterans; and authorizing counties and municipalities to adopt a local law that allows for the application of a certain credit on a selection test for eligible spouses, eligible veterans, and certain spouses and surviving spouses.
HB-1443: Local Government - Hiring and Promotion Preferences for Veterans and Spouses of Service Members and Veterans (Families Serve Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed on 03/25/2025
You have voted HB-1443: Local Government - Hiring and Promotion Preferences for Veterans and Spouses of Service Members and Veterans (Families Serve Act).