State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) [HB-1416]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate in effect for specified time periods based on employer size; increasing, except under specified circumstances, the State minimum wage rate based on annual growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area; requiring the Board of Revenue Estimates during a specified time period to conduct a specified analysis; authorizing, under specified circumstances, the Governor to temporarily suspend a minimum wage rate increase; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/07/2017
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State Personnel - Special Appointments in the Skilled and Professional Services [HB-1161]
Requiring the Chief Executive Officer of Maryland Correctional Enterprises and the Secretary of Human Resources to transfer, on or before July 1, 2017, specified special appointment positions to specified employment categories of the State Personnel and Management System; establishing that certain staff in the Child Support Enforcement Administration may not be considered special appointments; repealing the special appointment status of specified employees of the Office of the Attorney General; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 3/02 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Payroll Recovery Act [SB-1031]
Requiring the Central Payroll Bureau of the Office of the State Comptroller to establish specified pay periods and pay each employee all wages due at least once every 2 weeks or twice a month; requiring each appointing authority to calculate and report specified payroll information to the Central Payroll Bureau; requiring each appointing authority to provide to each employee a notice of specified information; requiring the Bureau to provide each employee a statement, each pay period, that includes specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Favorable With Amendments on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Payroll Recovery Act [HB-1144]
Requiring the Central Payroll Bureau of the Office of the State Comptroller to establish regular pay periods and pay each employee at least once every 2 weeks or twice a month; requiring each appointing authority to calculate and report specified payroll information to the Central Payroll Bureau; requiring an employee or their exclusive representative to initiate a specified grievance procedure under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 783 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public School Employee Whistleblower Protection Act [HB-1145]
Prohibiting a public school employer from taking or refusing to take specified personnel actions as a reprisal against public school employees who disclose specified behavior; providing that specified protections under the Act apply only if specified employees have a good faith belief that the employer is engaged or has engaged in unlawful activity which poses a danger to public health or safety; requiring a public school employee to exhaust all administrative remedies before instituting a specified civil action; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 730 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation by Satellite Organizations [HB-991]
Altering the definition of "qualifying not-for-profit organization", for purposes of provisions of law that authorize specified qualifying not-for-profit organizations to participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, to include a corporation, a limited liability company, or any other entity wholly owned by the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) [SB-962]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate in effect for specified time periods based on employer size; increasing, except under specified circumstances, the State minimum wage rate based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area; requiring the Board of Revenue Estimates during a specified time period to conduct a specified analysis; authorizing, under specified circumstances, the Governor to temporarily suspend a minimum wage rate increase; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Employment Categories and Practices [SB-874]
Altering the employment categories of specified employees of the State Department of Education; requiring that all positions in the Department be appointed positions in the professional service and skilled service as well as the executive service and management service, subject to a specified exception; repealing the authority for special appointment positions in the Department; altering the procedures for appointment, the setting of qualifications, and the transfer of employees of the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Executive Branch Appointments by Department Secretaries - Procedures for Removal [SB-939]
Prohibiting the secretary of specified departments in the Executive Branch of State government who makes specified appointments from removing an appointee without first obtaining the written approval of the Governor under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Special Appointments in the Skilled and Professional Services [SB-921]
Requiring the Chief Executive Officer of Maryland Correctional Enterprises and the Secretary of Human Resources to transfer, on or before July 1, 2017, specified special appointment positions to specified employment categories of the State Personnel and Management System; establishing that certain staff in the Child Support Enforcement Administration may not be considered special appointments; repealing the special appointment status of specified employees of the Office of the Attorney General; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Department of State Police - Forensic Scientist Salaries [SB-757]
Requiring the salaries of specified persons in the Forensic Sciences Division in the Department of State Police to be not less than another salary in a specified salary plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ulysses Currie
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Employees - Job Titles, Position Descriptions, and Compensation Levels [SB-772]
Requiring the Director of the Behavioral Health Administration to compensate employees of the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center who are required to attend a correctional training school at a pay rate equivalent to similar employees in the Division of Correction; authorizing the Director to develop a plan to carry out a pay rate increase for specified employees of the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to review all positions filled by specified State employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Employment Categories and Practices [SB-627]
Altering the employment categories of specified employees of the State Department of Education; requiring that all positions in the Department be appointed positions in the professional service and skilled service as well as the executive service and management service, subject to a specified exception; repealing the authority for special appointment positions in the Department; altering the procedures for appointment, the setting of qualifications, and the transfer of employees of the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Contractual Employees - Transfer to Budgeted or Permanent Positions [SB-661]
Requiring that contractual employees in the State Personnel Management System who have been employed in a contractual position for a continuous period of 60 months be allowed to transfer to a budgeted position; and requiring specified independent personnel systems in State government to transfer a contractual employee who has been employed in a contractual position for a continuous period of 60 months to a permanent position.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Department of State Police - Forensic Scientist Salaries [HB-776]
Requiring the salaries of specified persons in the Forensic Sciences Division in the Department of State Police to be not less than another salary in a specified salary plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Prescription Drugs and Devices - Copayment or Coinsurance Requirements [SB-568]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to ensure that the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program complies with a provision of the Insurance Article that prohibits a copayment or coinsurance requirement for a covered prescription drug or device that exceeds the retail price of the prescription drug or device.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Unfavorable Report By Finance; Withdrawn on 03/02/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Leap Year - Personal Leave [SB-580]
Providing that each employee in the State Personnel Management System, except a temporary employee, is entitled to 7 days, not to exceed 56 hours, of personal leave with pay at the beginning of the first full pay period of the calendar year during a leap year.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 680 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Pay Rates [HB-614]
Requiring that when an appointing authority of a unit in the State Personnel Management System appoints an employee to a position in the skilled service or the professional service, the Secretary of Budget and Management shall require that the pay rate of each incumbent employee in the unit who is in the same classification as, and has a pay rate lower than, the newly appointed employee be adjusted to equal the pay rate of the newly appointed employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 03/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Labor Organizations - Right to Work Act [SB-490]
Prohibiting an employer from requiring, as a condition of employment or continued employment, an employee or a prospective employee to join or remain a member of a labor organization, pay charges to a labor organization, or pay a specified amount to a third party under specified circumstances; prohibiting labor organizations and employers from taking specified action against an employee or a prospective employee, or specified other persons, for specified purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Pay Rates [SB-483]
Requiring that when an appointing authority of a unit in the State Personnel Management System appoints an employee to a position in the skilled service or the professional service, the Secretary of Budget and Management shall require that the pay rate of each incumbent employee in the unit who is in the same classification as, and has a pay rate lower than, the newly appointed employee be adjusted to equal the pay rate of the newly appointed employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2017