Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - 9-1-1 Technician [HB-316]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the definition of "9-1-1 specialist" to include a 9-1-1 technician who is an employee of a public safety answering point or an employee working in a public safety answering point.
HB-316: Public Safety - 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System - 9-1-1 Technician
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 01/10/2025
Relating To Legislative Employees. [SB-105]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit. Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
SB-105: Relating To Legislative Employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Lbt, Jdc/wam. on 01/16/2025
Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-1]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a 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, 2027, 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.
HB-1: Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 437 on 05/13/2025
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; 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 workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
HB-176: Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 609 on 05/20/2025
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension [HB-217]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers' compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met.
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension [SB-173]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers' compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met.
Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information [HB-205]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
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; 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 if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due.
HB-205: Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Referred Finance on 03/17/2025
State Retirement and Pension System - Forfeiture of Benefits [HB-98]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
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
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [SB-26]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; 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 workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
SB-26: Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/20/2025
Individuals Experiencing Homelessness - Address Requirements - Prohibition [HB-254]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Libraries ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
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]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
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]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
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]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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).