Salaries And Compensation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Limitations - Maximum Average Final Compensation [HB-1033]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Clarifying that the maximum average final compensation that certain retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System is to be based on the minimum annual salary on the standard State pay scale as of January 1 of the preceding calendar year in order to be exempt from a certain reemployment earnings limitation; and adding an average final compensation reemployment exemption for the temporary suspension of a retirement allowance for disability retirees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine M. Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 774 on 05/20/2025
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Declaration of Rights - Right to Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers [SB-809]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements [HB-957]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprentice hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (123-11) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025 [SB-752]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining [SB-767]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that full-time deputy sheriffs and correctional deputies at the rank of major and below in the Calvert County Sheriff's Office have the right to organize and negotiate with the County Administrator of Calvert County and the Calvert County Sheriff with regard to certain wages and employee benefits in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 132 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act) [SB-713]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring each institution of higher education in the State that admits first-time undergraduate students, by July 1, 2026, to prominently display on its publicly accessible website a link to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard website; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make certain data available to institutions of higher education in the State under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Somerset County - Salaries of Local Officials - Increase [SB-717]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing the salaries of the Sheriff of Somerset County, the County Commissioners of Somerset County, the President of the County Commissioners of Somerset County, a member of the County Roads Board of Somerset County, and the President of the County Roads Board of Somerset County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 399 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary [HB-918]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Providing that the maximum annual salary of a register of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the register begins a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Amendments Convention Called Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution - Delegation to the Convention [HB-925]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the General Assembly to appoint a delegation to an amendments convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution and an advisory committee under certain circumstances and in accordance with certain requirements; providing for the membership of the delegation; providing for the qualifications, oath, compensation, and duties of a commissioner to the delegation; establishing the operations of the delegation and the advisory committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark N Fisher
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Employees - Colleague Bereavement Leave [HB-921]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Providing that, under certain circumstances, certain State employees are entitled to use up to 5 days of colleague bereavement leave with pay immediately following the death of a colleague who is employed by the same agency as the employee; and prohibiting certain State entities from requiring State employees entitled to use colleague bereavement leave under the Act to use any other paid leave available to the employee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - New Teachers - Retention Program [HB-986]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Requiring each county board of education to establish a new teacher retention program to provide support to new teachers to ensure that new teachers continue to be motivated and retain their passion to teach; requiring a county board to provide supplemental compensation to a public school employee who oversees a new teacher or serves as a mentor; and altering the content required to be included in certain teacher support and retention guidelines developed by the State Board of Education.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Investor-Owned Electric, Gas, and Gas and Electric Companies - Cost Recovery - Limitations and Reporting Requirements (Ratepayer Freedom Act) [HB-960]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an investor-owned electric company, gas company, or combination gas and electric company from recovering through rates certain costs, including certain costs associated with lobbying and political activities; and requiring certain public service companies to include in the annual report to the Public Service Commission certain costs related to certain activities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight [SB-705]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Providing that a unit of State government may not purchase, lease, contract for, or rent an information technology service or product unless consistent with the master plan, as determined by the Secretary of Information Technology; providing that the Secretary is responsible for overseeing the implementation of major information technology development projects in the State; establishing the Maryland Office of Digital Experience in the Department to provide oversight, leadership, and strategic modernization for major technology projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 846 on 05/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Climate Solutions Now Act Affordability Act of 2025 [SB-779]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Nuclear Energy - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Procurement (Decarbonization Infrastructure Solutions Act of 2025) [SB-716]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; including nuclear energy generated by certain nuclear energy reactors as a Tier 1 renewable source; establishing a certified nuclear renewable energy credit for use in meeting certain renewable energy portfolio standard requirements; establishing a procurement process for the Public Service Commission to evaluate and approve an application for nuclear energy generation projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact [HB-959]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in seven other states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Nursing Homes - Cost Reports [HB-933]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review the cost reports and other data submitted by each nursing home that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and requiring the Department to report the findings resulting from the review conducted under the Act to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter through 2029.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 733 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment [HB-858]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2031, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2031, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to a certain exception; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2027; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 4/07 At 11:00 A.m. on 04/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Income-Based Housing Subsidies [HB-896]
[Housing ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances; providing that a certain landlord may collect financial information from a perspective tenant under certain circumstances; and providing that violation of the Act is a discriminatory housing practice and is subject to enforcement by the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Limitations - Maximum Average Final Compensation [SB-693]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Clarifying that the maximum average final compensation that certain retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System is to be based on the minimum annual salary on the standard State pay scale as of January 1 of the preceding calendar year in order to be exempt from a certain reemployment earnings limitation; and adding an average final compensation reemployment exemption for the temporary suspension of a retirement allowance for disability retirees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 775 on 05/20/2025