State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment - Harassment and Intimidation - Reporting [HB-1548]
Establishing requirements related to the reporting of incidents of employee harassment and intimidation, including provisions regarding the reporting of incidents by employers to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the creation of a reporting form, and the establishment of an electronic tip program; establishing that certain information shared in the reporting of incidents of employee harassment or intimidation is confidential; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2025
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Department of Budget and Management - Expedited Hiring Program (FEDERAL Jobs Act of 2025) [SB-1040]
Establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management for the purpose of hiring eligible applicants for vacant positions in the State Personnel Management System, subject to certain requirements; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Management to contract with a certain entity to assist with the implementation of the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [HB-1509]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Harris
Rereferred To Appropriations on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Employees of an Office of a Sheriff [HB-1507]
Providing that an employee of the office of a sheriff of a county or Baltimore City is immune from liability under the Maryland Tort Claims Act in the same manner as a sheriff or deputy sheriff.
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Toles
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave [HB-1503]
Requiring that the Secretary of Budget and Management adopt regulations governing paid family and medical leave benefits for Executive Branch employees; establishing certain parameters for the paid family and medical leave; authorizing Executive Branch employees to submit a request for paid family and medical leave beginning July 1, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Third Reading Passed (101-38) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment - Wages - Deductions for Public Employees [HB-1491]
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
Labor and Employment - Employer Communications During Nonworking Hours - Right to Disconnect [HB-1413]
Requiring employers to establish a policy that provides employees a certain right to ignore communications from the employer during nonworking hours and establishes nonworking hours by written agreement; and prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, an employer from requiring that an employee communicate with the employer during nonworking hours.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment - Wages - Deductions for Public Employees [SB-895]
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: Sen. Sara Love
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Juvenile Justice Monitor - Appointment [SB-924]
Providing that the Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring is appointed by the Correctional Ombudsman to serve a term of 4 years; and requiring the appointment of the Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate if the appointee has already served in that role.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [SB-976]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Employees - Colleague Bereavement Leave [HB-921]
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
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Part-Time Faculty [SB-750]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for faculty and contingent, contractual, or temporary faculty; and authorizing the bargaining units to combine into a single bargaining unit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Third Reading Passed (30-12) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Employees - Cancer Screening - Paid Leave [HB-914]
Providing that certain State employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening leave in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach [HB-859]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and authorizing a child care provider that receives a certain amount of funding from a unit of State, local, or federal government to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program as a satellite organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (109-29) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Covered Individuals - Alternatively Qualified Individuals [HB-824]
Altering the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide benefits, beginning July 1, 2027, to alternatively qualified individuals who care for or bond with a child under certain circumstances; altering the date that the Secretary of Labor is required to begin conducting certain cost analyses of the Program; and requiring that an employer allow an alternatively qualified individual who is receiving benefits under the Program to take certain unpaid leave from employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach and Qualifying Nonprofit Satellite Organizations [SB-611]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and authorizing a child care provider that receives a certain amount of funding from a unit of State, local, or federal government to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program as a satellite organization.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commission to Study Health Insurance Pooling - Establishment [SB-547]
Establishing the Commission to Study Health Insurance Pooling to study the pooling of public employee health insurance purchasing between the State, counties, municipal corporations, and county boards of education in the State to maximize value and efficiency while maintaining a broad package of benefits and reasonable premiums for public employees; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Tax Relief and State Personnel Equality for Service Members Act [HB-691]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing personnel, pensions, and taxation to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Third Reading Passed (138-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Employees - Cancer Screening - Paid Leave [SB-523]
Providing that certain State employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening leave in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Referred Appropriations on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty [HB-661]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for faculty and contingent, contractual, or temporary faculty; and authorizing the bargaining units to combine into a single bargaining unit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025