Salaries And Compensation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act) [HB-1555]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to establish and maintain certain online databases and conduct certain inspections; establishing the authority of the Secretary of Health regarding staff for the Board; authorizing the Executive Director of the Board to direct an immediate investigation of certain complaints; establishing requirements for the review of complaints and investigations by the Board; providing a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Family Law - Child Support - Multifamily Adjustment [SB-1038]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "adjusted actual income" under the State child support guidelines by requiring the deduction, from actual income, of an allowance for support for each child in the parent's home for whom the parent owes a legal duty of support but who is not subject to a support order; requiring that the amount of a certain allowance be subtracted from a parent's actual income before the court determines the amount of a child support award; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/24/2025
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Wicomico County Board of Education - Election of Members, Student Member, and Compensation [SB-1032]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering, beginning with the general election in 2026, the districts from which certain members of the Wicomico County Board of Education are elected; adding a student member to the county board from the 11th or 12th grade in good standing and regularly enrolled in the public school system for purposes of advising the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students in the county public schools; and providing that the members of the county board are entitled to certain compensation and reimbursement.
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Budget - Budget Bill - Executive and Legislative Powers [SB-1034]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Elections ]
[Taxes ]
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution altering certain executive and legislative powers concerning the Budget Bill; repealing certain provisions authorizing the Governor to approve, disapprove, or veto items in the Budget Bill; repealing provisions authorizing the General Assembly to amend certain items in enacting a balanced Budget Bill; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Wicomico County Board of Education - Election of Members, Student Member, and Compensation [HB-1524]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Elections ]
Altering, beginning with the general election in 2026, the districts from which certain members of the Wicomico County Board of Education are elected; adding at least one student member from the 11th or 12th grade in good standing and regularly enrolled in the public school system to the county board for purposes of advising the county board on the thoughts and feelings of students in the County public schools; and providing that the members of the county board are entitled to certain compensation and reimbursement.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 429 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave [HB-1503]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management and the governing body of a public institution of higher education to adopt regulations governing paid family and medical leave benefits for Executive Branch employees; establishing certain parameters for the paid family and medical leave; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2026, Executive Branch employees to submit a request for paid family and medical leave in accordance with established procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 606 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis [SB-1023]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an incident of a fire and rescue public safety employee reporting for work while impaired by cannabis to the State Emergency Medical Services Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Third Reading Passed (36-8) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Procurement - Construction and Services - Contract Modification [HB-1499]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $1,000,000 for construction or security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or collective bargaining; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the Board of Public Works.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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
Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis [HB-1408]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Boafo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization [HB-1294]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Subjecting certain earned wage access products to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law and other provisions that regulate entities that provide consumer credit; restricting the acceptance of tips by certain lenders under certain circumstances; providing for the licensing or registration of certain entities offering earned wage access products with certain exemptions; regulating earned wage access service agreements; limiting the costs and fees associated with obtaining an earned wage access product; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 847 on 05/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Property Tax - Homeowners Property Tax Credit [HB-1285]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the governing body of Baltimore County to grant a certain property tax credit to supplement the State homeowners property tax credit; prohibiting the county from granting the credit if the homeowner's combined net worth is in excess of $200,000 or the homeowner's combined gross income exceeds $72,000; providing that the State Department of Assessments and Taxation is responsible for certain administrative duties with respect to the credit; and requiring the county to reimburse the Department for certain costs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement Agency - Report on Employer Contribution Rate Impact of Teacher Salary Increases [HB-1250]
[Education ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Retirement Agency, on or before December 15, 2025, to report to the General Assembly certain information pertaining to the fiscal impact on employer contribution rates in the Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems from certain teacher base salary increases and certain teacher career ladder increases for certain fiscal years.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Average Weekly Wage - Multiple Employers [HB-1455]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring that the average weekly wages from employments of a covered employee who, at the time of an accidental personal injury, was concurrently employed by more than one employer be combined for purposes of computing the average weekly wages under certain circumstances; requiring that the Subsequent Injury Fund or the Uninsured Employers' Fund reimburse an employer for certain compensation paid by the employer; and requiring the average weekly wage for certain covered employees to be recalculated under the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity [HB-1438]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Inflation ]
Altering the exemption from overtime pay for individuals who are employed to work in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the exempted compensation rate in effect for certain periods of time based on the annual growth, if any, in the Consumer Price Index; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, beginning March 1, 2026, and each subsequent year, to determine and announce the new exempted compensation rate; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dylan Behler
Hearing Canceled on 02/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Declaration of Rights - Right to Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers [HB-1458]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rate set by law without regard to tips that the individual receives; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 02/24/2025
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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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Eminent Domain - Just Compensation - Fees and Costs [HB-1362]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Establishing that damages to be awarded for the taking of land in a condemnation proceeding include, in addition to the fair market value of the land taken, any legal, expert, or other fees or costs of the action incurred by a defendant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement [HB-1359]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide at least 10 years' notice and hold a certain public hearing before taking any action that results in a certain displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services in Charles County; and requiring the Board of Education to provide written notice by registered mail at least 5 years before the displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025