Salaries And Compensation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act) [HB-393]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Poverty ]
Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment to 150% of the federal poverty level; and requiring an employer served with an attachment to notify the judgment debtor in writing of the amount of wages exempt from attachment, the method used to calculate the amount of attachable wages, and the procedure by which the judgment debtor may contest the attachment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/16/2025
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Income Tax - Credit for Employers of Eligible Apprentices - Alterations [SB-325]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the definition of "eligible apprentice" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for the employment of certain eligible apprentices by repealing a certain wage requirement; extending the termination of the credit until June 30, 2031; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
United States of America - National Infrastructure Bank [SJR-2]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Urging the U.S. Congress to pass H.R. 4052 to establish a national infrastructure bank to finance urgently needed infrastructure projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [SB-316]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans - Automatic Enrollment [SB-270]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the State Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to implement an automatic enrollment arrangement for State employees who are hired on or after January 1, 2026; authorizing certain employing institutions to automatically enroll employees into a certain supplemental retirement plan; requiring an eligible employer to deduct wages of an employee for contribution to a supplemental retirement plan in accordance with an automatic enrollment arrangement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Support - Multifamily Adjustment [HB-275]
[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: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 532 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Veterans and Military Families Ombudsman - Establishment [SB-6]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Veterans and Military Families Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans and Military Families; establishing the purpose of the Ombudsman is to serve as a resource to provide information and support to veterans and military families regarding their rights and access to services; requiring the Ombudsman to be a veteran; requiring the Ombudsman to arrange for a toll-free telephone number to assist any individual seeking information or advice about available services; and requiring the Ombudsman to submit an annual report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Ray Salling
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) [SB-144]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; defining "limited worker cooperative association" as a Maryland limited liability company that elects to be a limited worker cooperative association in accordance with the provisions of the Act; and establishing rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 199 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law – Child Support [HB-218]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person's default in payment of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits [HB-76]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Favorable With Amendments Report By Appropriations on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established [HB-42]
[Agriculture ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing, beginning July 1, 2027, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, on the impact of the grants awarded on jobs, producers, and food waste prevention; authorizing the Governor to transfer $3,000,000 to certain programs in fiscal years 2027 through 2031; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Third Reading Passed (122-14) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) [HB-15]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; and establishing rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 198 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming and the conduct of Internet gaming in the State; requiring an Internet gaming licensee to require individuals to provide proof of the registration in order to participate in Internet gaming; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments and Special Monitor [HB-193]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the circumstances under which the Uninsured Employers' Fund must collect or suspend a certain assessment; altering, from 1% to up to 1.5%, the additional percentage the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board may direct the Workers' Compensation Commission to assess on awards and settlements if the Board determines that the reserves of the Fund are inadequate to meet anticipated losses; and requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to designate a special monitor to assess the financial condition of the Uninsured Employers' Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Referred Finance on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-118]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; providing a certain contingency requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Declaration of Rights - Right to Organize [HB-37]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishing every person employed in the State of Maryland has the fundamental right to organize and collectively bargain concerning compensation, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; 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; and providing that the Constitutional amendment proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State or adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Application Year and Participation of Self–Employed Individuals [SB-225]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program governing the participation of self-employed individuals in the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; repealing certain requirements related to the payment of contributions to the Program by participating self-employed individuals; excluding participating self-employed individuals from certain provisions of law governing the payment of benefits under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County – Public Schools – School Schedule Options [HB-226]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to operate all schools within the county using a scheduling model that eliminates early dismissal days to allow for less than 180 school days if the minimal hours of attendance are met; requiring the board, if it elects to use a scheduling model that results in a school in the county being open for less than 180 days, to offer certain school employees an opportunity to make up the lost wages; and requiring the Board to make a report on the schools using an alternative scheduling model.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 346 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 1/16 At 3:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025