Pers/trs Retirement & Medical Eligibility [SB-198]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
An Act relating to the teachers' defined contribution retirement plan; relating to the public employees' defined contribution retirement plan; and providing for an effective date.
SB-198: Pers/trs Retirement & Medical Eligibility
Sponsored by: Rep. James Kaufman
Read The First Time - Referrals on 05/19/2025
Edu:reports;teacher Retention;retirement [HB-231]
[Education ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
An Act relating to education; relating to education reports; relating to the duties of the Department of Education and Early Development; relating to teacher exit interviews conducted by school districts; relating to the teachers' retirement system; relating to the public employee retirement system; and providing for an effective date.
HB-231: Edu:reports;teacher Retention;retirement
Sponsored by: Rep. Robyn Burke
Cosponsor(s): Hall on 05/20/2025
State Agency Publications [SB-177]
[Budget and Spending ]
An Act relating to the elimination or modification of state agency publications that are outdated, duplicative, or excessive.
SB-177: State Agency Publications
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/22/2025
State Agency Publications [HB-200]
[Budget and Spending ]
An Act relating to the elimination or modification of state agency publications that are outdated, duplicative, or excessive.
HB-200: State Agency Publications
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/16/2025
Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions - Establishment [HB-1557]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions; requiring a credit reporting agency to place an adverse information freeze on a qualified individual's record; establishing requirements and prohibitions for certain financial institutions; prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to a qualified individual; requiring a court to stay a foreclosure of a certain residential property; requiring the Department to administer the Program; etc.
HB-1557: Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate Feldmark) Adopted (101-34) on 03/26/2025
Health Insurance & Pharmacy Benefits Mgrs [SB-142]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
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]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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
State Employees: Flexible Time Credit [HB-130]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
An Act relating to flexible time credit for classified employees in the executive branch who are not eligible for overtime compensation.
HB-130: State Employees: Flexible Time Credit
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/10/2025
Sale Of Alaska Railroad [HB-120]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act relating to the sale of the Alaska Railroad; and providing for an effective date.
HB-120: Sale Of Alaska Railroad
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin McCabe
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/26/2025
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).
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).
Peace Officer Retirement Benefits [HB-108]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
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]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
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
Reject Comp Commission Recommendations [HB-83]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
An Act disapproving the recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date.
HB-83: Reject Comp Commission Recommendations
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathy Tilton
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/10/2025
Frederick County - County Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check [SB-995]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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