State Retirement and Pension System - Forfeiture of Benefits [HB-98]
Establishing that a public employee is subject to forfeiture of benefits from the State Retirement and Pension System when a public employee is found guilty of, pleads guilty to, or enters a plea of nolo contendere to a qualifying crime that is committed in the course of the performance of the public employee's duties; providing for the processes and procedures to implement a forfeiture of benefits; and providing for the processes and procedures to reverse a forfeiture of benefits.
HB-98: State Retirement and Pension System - Forfeiture of Benefits
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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.
SB-124: Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 1/16 At 3:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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.
SB-26: Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Revisions (Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
Individuals Experiencing Homelessness - Address Requirements - Prohibition [HB-254]
Prohibiting a public library, a recipient of a certain award from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department, a public housing agency, a county, or a municipality from requiring an individual experiencing homelessness to provide a current address in certain circumstances.
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.
SB-58: Labor and Employment - Parental School Engagement Leave Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
Department of Transportation – Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [SB-7]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a certain training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2026, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc.
SB-7: Department of Transportation – Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
Eliminate Vacant State Positions [HB-397]
An Act relating to eliminating vacant positions in the classified and partially exempt service of the state; and providing for an effective date.
HB-397: Eliminate Vacant State Positions
Sponsored by: Rep.
Fin Referral Added After Sta on 05/06/2024
SB-292: Creates recertification requirements for public employee labor organizations. (8/1/24)
Sponsored by: Sen. Alan Seabaugh
Introduced In The Senate; Read By Title. Rules Suspended. Read Second Time And Referred To The Committee On Labor And Industrial Relations. on 03/11/2024
SB-264: Provides for certain payroll deductions for labor organizations from compensation paid to public employees. (8/1/24)
Sponsored by: Sen. Alan Seabaugh
Introduced In The Senate; Read By Title. Rules Suspended. Read Second Time And Referred To The Committee On Labor And Industrial Relations. on 03/11/2024
You have voted SB-31: Increases survivor benefits for dependent children of firemen and law enforcement officers. (8/1/24) (EN +$200,000 GF EX See Note).
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.
SB-1117: Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2024
Montgomery County – State’s Attorney’s Office Personnel – Application of County Personnel Laws and Collective Bargaining MC 12–24 [HB-1402]
Establishing the right of certain employees of the Office of the State's Attorney in Montgomery County to organize and collectively bargain in accordance with certain personnel law governing county employees; establishing that employees of the Office of the State's Attorney are subject to the county merit system law and personnel regulations; establishing certain requirements related to collective bargaining for employees of the Office; etc.
HB-1402: Montgomery County – State’s Attorney’s Office Personnel – Application of County Personnel Laws and Collective Bargaining MC 12–24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 968 on 05/16/2024
You have voted HB-1402: Montgomery County – State’s Attorney’s Office Personnel – Application of County Personnel Laws and Collective Bargaining MC 12–24.
Individuals Experiencing Homelessness - Address Requirements - Prohibition [HB-1325]
Prohibiting a public library, a recipient of a certain award from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department, a public housing agency, a county, or a municipality from requiring an individual experiencing homelessness to provide a current address in certain circumstances.
Association W Labor Org. Optional [HB-311]
An Act relating to the relationship between employees, including public employees, and labor organizations; relating to the relationship between employers and labor organizations; prohibiting collective bargaining contracts that require employees to join a labor or employee organization; relating to the deduction of labor or employee organization dues, fees, and other employee benefits from the pay of certain public employees; and providing for an effective date.
HB-311: Association W Labor Org. Optional
Sponsored by: Rep. David Eastman
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/07/2024