Public Employees
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities [HB-1473]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for certain individuals; altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/13/2025
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Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) [HB-1424]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 97 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Garrett County - Bids and Contracts - Advertisement Exceptions [HB-1334]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Providing that, in Garrett County, a certain requirement to advertise for bids does not apply to a certain contract for goods or services procured on an as-needed basis over time or for certain vehicles.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 779 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Town of Forest Heights Employees - Membership [HB-1339]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department [HB-1426]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals [HB-1369]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Inflation ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Hiring and Promotion Preferences for Veterans and Spouses of Service Members and Veterans (Families Serve Act) [HB-1443]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 273 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Washington County - Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Eligibility [HB-1333]
[Property Tax ]
[Veterans ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Disabilities ]
Expanding eligibility for a certain property tax credit in Washington County for certain disabled veterans to include certain members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Superintendents - Contracts - Required Provisions (Superintendent Buyout Limit) [HB-1317]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring that a contract executed between a county board of education and a county superintendent of schools on or after July 1, 2025, include certain provisions that provide for the compensation the county superintendent shall receive on termination of the contract and the continuance of health benefits coverage for 1 year beginning on the date of termination or until the county superintendent secures new employment, whichever occurs first.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Employer Communications During Nonworking Hours - Right to Disconnect [HB-1413]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring employers to establish a policy that provides employees a certain right to ignore communications from the employer during nonworking hours and establishes nonworking hours by written agreement; and prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, an employer from requiring that an employee communicate with the employer during nonworking hours.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Constituent Services Liaison - Establishment [HB-1275]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire a constituent services liaison before the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year; requiring the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board, to negotiate the terms of the employment agreement for the constituent services liaison; providing that the salary of the constituent services liaison is $120,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1, relative to family leave for adoption of a newly placed minor child. [HB-1150]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
As enacted, authorizes an eligible education employee to qualify for paid leave during the legal process for adopting a newly placed minor child, specifically during that period of time beginning with the filing of a petition for adoption when a minor child is initially placed within the residence of a prospective adoptive parent pursuant to a court-ordered parental power of attorney or guardianship or custodial order until the issuance of a final order of adoption by the court. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Miller
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 163 on 05/02/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Reject Comp Commission Recommendations [SB-87]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
An Act disapproving the recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Effective Date(s) Of Law 3/7/25 on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Local Personnel - Leave With Pay [HB-1080]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing that governmental units may provide disaster service leave with pay to certain employees; establishing that an employee of a governmental unit of a county or a municipality in the State may be entitled to disaster service leave with pay under certain circumstances; authorizing certain governmental units to waive certain requirements for disaster service leave; and authorizing a governmental unit of a county or a municipality to provide leave with pay under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 274 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding [HB-1114]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Renaming the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program to be the Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; adding services in transportation and other fields within State or local government to the list of certain criteria for which an eligible student must be given priority for participation in the Program; and requiring that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program sufficient to provide a certain number of internships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7, relative to compensation of public employees. [SB-724]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
As introduced, provides a five-day grace period for assistant district attorneys general and criminal investigators to submit expense accounts. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.
Sponsored by: Sen. J. Adam Lowe
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals [SB-892]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Inflation ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment - Wages - Deductions for Public Employees [SB-895]
[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System - Town of Forest Heights Employees - Membership [SB-864]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Hiring and Promotion Preferences for Veterans and Spouses of Service Members and Veterans (Families Serve Act) [SB-872]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing counties and municipalities to grant a preference in the 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; 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; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 272 on 05/06/2025