State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Police Officers - Mental Health - Employee Assistance Programs [HB-736]
Requiring each law enforcement agency to provide access to an employee assistance program or mental health program to address the mental health issues of police officers stemming from personal and work-related concerns and to provide police officers access to confidential mental health services; requiring each law enforcement agency to develop a policy to provide access to the required services at minimal cost to the police officer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/12/2020
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Office of Personnel Services and Benefits - Study of Diversity of Employees in State Agencies [HB-713]
Requiring the Office of Personnel Services and Benefits within the Department of Budget and Management to study the number and salaries of certain employees employed by certain State agencies in a position of grade 19 or above who are African American, Hispanic, or any other racial minority and report its findings to the Governor and a certain committee of the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2020, and June 1, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining – Chancellor of the University System of Maryland – Negotiations [HB-641]
Requiring the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland to act on behalf of the University System of Maryland and certain system institutions for the purpose of collective bargaining; providing for the negotiation of a certain consolidated memorandum of understanding under certain circumstances; making conforming changes; repealing a provision of law authorizing certain presidents of certain system institutions to cooperate for the purpose of collective bargaining; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Employment - Wage History and Wage Range [SB-400]
Prohibiting an appointing authority from taking certain actions against an applicant for employment because the applicant did not provide the applicant's wage history; prohibiting an appointing authority from relying on an applicant's wage history for certain purposes and from seeking the applicant's wage history by certain methods; authorizing an appointing authority to rely on an applicant's wage history under certain circumstances; requiring a certain report on the effect of laws prohibiting consideration of wage history; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation - County, Municipal Corporation, or County Board Retirees [HB-602]
Authorizing certain retired employees of a county, municipal corporation, or county board to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits program under certain circumstances; and requiring the governing body of a county, municipal corporation, or county board to pay certain costs and to make certain determinations with regard to certain retirees under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Personnel - Employee Accommodations - Pregnancy and Childbirth [HB-523]
Requiring all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government, including all units with independent personnel systems, to provide certain reasonable accommodations for an employee with certain limitations caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth; prohibiting units of State government, under certain circumstances, from requiring an employee to take certain leave or requiring an employee to accept certain accommodations under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 233 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation [HB-537]
Requiring certain employment with Anne Arundel Community College to be included in the calculation of State service to determine eligibility to participate as a retiree in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program if the individual was participating in a certain optional retirement plan and retired from the University System of Maryland; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sid Saab
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation in Program - Volunteer First Responders [HB-578]
Authorizing certain volunteer first responders to enroll and participate as covered employees in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; defining "volunteer first responder" as a person engaged in providing emergency medical care or rescue services on a volunteer basis; and authorizing the State to charge a county or municipal corporation certain costs resulting from certain covered employees participating in the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 02/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Employment - Wage History and Wage Range [HB-417]
Prohibiting an appointing authority from taking certain actions against an applicant for employment because the applicant did not provide the applicant's wage history; prohibiting an appointing authority from relying on an applicant's wage history for certain purposes and from seeking the applicant's wage history by certain methods; authorizing an appointing authority to rely on an applicant's wage history under certain circumstances; requiring a certain report on the effect of laws prohibiting consideration of wage history; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/13/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation [SB-339]
Requiring certain employment with Anne Arundel Community College to be included in the calculation of State service to determine eligibility to participate as a retiree in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 549 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Harford County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Administration - Transfer of Personnel [HB-407]
Transferring the functions, powers, and duties of the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Harford County to the Child Support Administration of the Department of Human Services; requiring the creation of certain Position Identification Numbers for certain employees; providing for the determination of salary grade and seniority for certain employees; requiring certain employer contributions and interest to be transferred within a certain fund for the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 196 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health Benefits - Retirees - Enrollment in a Medicare Advantage Plan [HB-381]
Requiring regulations adopted by the Secretary of Budget and Management to authorize retirees who are enrolled in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program and who are eligible for the Medicare Supplemental Program to enroll, or discontinue participation, in a Medicare Advantage Plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Krimm
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Personnel - Employee Accommodations - Pregnancy and Childbirth [SB-225]
Requiring all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government, including all units with independent personnel systems, to provide certain reasonable accommodations for an employee with certain limitations caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth; prohibiting units of State government, under certain circumstances, from requiring an employee to take certain leave or requiring an employee to accept certain accommodations under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 234 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants (Graduate Assistant Collective Bargaining Fairness Act) [HB-214]
Granting collective bargaining rights to graduate assistants within the University of Maryland system, Morgan State University, and St. Mary's College of Maryland; and defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at a certain institution who is a teaching, administrative, or research assistant, or in a comparable position, a fellow, or a postdoctoral intern.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing Canceled on 01/17/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Health Benefits - Required Participation in the Individual Exchange by Carriers [HB-195]
Prohibiting carriers from offering health benefits under the Maryland State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program unless the carrier also offers certain qualified health benefit plans through the Individual Exchange of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange; exempting a carrier from the requirement to offer certain qualified health benefit plans through the Individual Exchange under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/17/2020
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Harford County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Administration - Transfer of Personnel [SB-137]
Transferring the functions, powers, and duties of the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Harford County to the Child Support Administration of the Department of Human Services; providing for the determination of salary grade and seniority for transferred employees; requiring certain employer contributions and interest on behalf of certain transferred employees be transferred within the accumulation fund for the Employees' Pension System from the municipal pool to the State pool; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 197 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - State Institutions of Higher Education [HB-1617]
Clarifying that a member of the State Labor Relations Board or State Higher Education Labor Relations Board may petition the circuit court to order the State, a president, a system institution, or a person to comply with an order from the Board; establishing that the failure to meet an established negotiation deadline is an unfair labor practice under specified conditions; requiring a system institution in the University System of Maryland to designate a representative of the Board of Regents to participate in collective bargaining; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Vallario
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Higher Education - Student Employees - Collective Bargaining [HB-1250]
Removing student employees at the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College from the list of employees who are ineligible to engage in collective bargaining.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Disabled Veterans - Noncompetitive Appointment [HB-1466]
Authorizing an appointing authority to select specified disabled veterans for specified positions in the State Personnel Management System using a specified selection process; requiring an appointing authority for a specified position in a unit in the Executive Branch of State government with an independent personnel system to develop a specified selection process for disabled veterans; requiring a specified appointing authority to interview specified disabled veterans under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 179 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of Wages - Minimum Wage [HB-1305]
Requiring to be paid for the 6-month period beginning July 1, 2017, a minimum wage of $9.25 per hour, for the 18-month period beginning January 1, 2018, a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour, and beginning July 1, 2019, a minimum wage of $12.50 per hour.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 04/10/2017