State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor [HB-1013]
Authorizing a licensed clinical professional counselor to sign a certificate of illness or disability when a State employee uses sick leave for 5 or more consecutive workdays.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 657 on 05/09/2024
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State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates [SB-1080]
Increasing the number of certain bargaining units for the purpose of specifying certain pay rates for certain employees of the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring that the pay rates of certain employees of the Department who are in certain bargaining units and who work at certain facilities be equal to certain pay rates for employees who work at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 630 on 05/09/2024
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Human Relations - Protections Against Discrimination - Genetic Procedures [SB-914]
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants [SB-823]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants; and altering the application of certain collective bargaining laws to supervisory, managerial, and confidential employees of a State institution of higher education.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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State Personnel - Line-of-Duty Death and Funeral Benefits [SB-850]
Increasing to $25,000 the maximum amount of funeral expenses that may be provided for a line-of-duty death of certain public safety officers and indexing the benefit to inflation; repealing an offset against certain funeral expenses for the line-of-duty death of certain public safety officers; increasing the maximum amount of line-of-duty death benefits for State employees and indexing the benefit to inflation; providing a funeral expense benefit for a line-of-duty death for State employees and indexing the benefit to inflation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 479 on 05/09/2024
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State Employees - Cancer Screening Leave [HB-949]
Providing that certain State employees, on request and with approval from the appropriate appointing authority, are entitled to use up to 4 hours of cancer screening leave with pay in any 12-month period.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024
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State Facilities – Procedures for Changes and Closures – Definition and Reporting [SB-731]
Specifying that requirements for purchasing, leasing, changing the use of, or closing State facilities apply to facilities owned, leased, or operated for the purpose of providing benefits to clients; and requiring the Department of Human Services, on or before August 1, 2024, to submit a report on any State facility owned, leased, or operated by the Department for the purpose of providing benefits to clients that was closed on or after January 1, 2023 to certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2024
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State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retirees [HB-670]
Authorizing certain retirees who began State service before July 1, 2011, to be eligible for prescription drug benefits in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; specifying that prescription drug benefits shall be discontinued for certain Medicare-eligible retirees who began State service on or after July 1, 2011, and their Medicare-eligible spouses and dependent children; repealing three Maryland State Retiree Prescription Drug programs that provide coverage and assistance to certain retirees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
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State Employees - Four-Day Workweek - Implementation [SB-569]
Requiring, on or before October 1, 2025, the Department of Budget and Management to identify units of State government or functions of State government for which a transition to a 4-day workweek is feasible for 60% of State employees; requiring the Department to implement a 4-day workweek for certain State employees by October 1, 2027; and prohibiting State employees who transition to a 4-day workweek from, as a direct result of the transition, having work hours reduced to less than 36 hours per week or having a reduction in pay or benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
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State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants [HB-493]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants; and altering the application of certain collective bargaining laws to supervisory, managerial, and confidential employees of a State institution of higher education.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 02/01/2024
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Families Serve Act of 2024 [HB-604]
Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible military spouses and veterans of uniformed services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 03/27/2024
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State Personnel - Whistleblower Law - Procedures and Remedies (First Amendment and Public Employee Protection Act) [HB-517]
Altering the prohibition on reprisal against certain employees for certain disclosures and actions under the Maryland Whistleblower Law in the Executive Branch of State government; requiring the Office of the Attorney General to investigate unresolved complaints within a certain time period; and authorizing the award of certain monetary damages and reasonable attorney's fees and costs in prevailing cases.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Sexual Harassment Prevention Training - Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland - Training Format [HB-506]
Providing that a certain required sexual harassment prevention training for employees of Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland may consist of webinar, computer-based, or online training if the training includes a certain evaluative component.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 04/25/2024
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Time to Serve Act of 2024 [HB-580]
Increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management may provide for uniformed services training or active uniformed services duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or organized militia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 7 on 04/09/2024
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State Employees - Four-Day Workweek - Implementation [HB-559]
Requiring, on or before October 1, 2025, the Department of Budget and Management to identify units of State government or functions of State government for which a transition to a 4-day workweek is feasible for 60% of State employees; requiring the Department to implement a 4-day workweek for certain State employees by October 1, 2027; and prohibiting State employees who transition to a 4-day workweek from, as a direct result of the transition, having work hours reduced to less than 36 hours per week or having a reduction in pay or benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2024
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Families Serve Act of 2024 [SB-478]
Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible spouses and veterans of certain uniformed services.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 6 on 04/09/2024
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Time to Serve Act of 2024 [SB-477]
Increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management may provide for uniformed services training or active uniformed services duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or organized militia.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 8 on 04/09/2024
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State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retirees [SB-349]
Authorizing certain retirees who began State service before July 1, 2011, to be eligible for prescription drug benefits in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; specifying that prescription drug benefits shall be discontinued for certain Medicare-eligible retirees who began State service on or after July 1, 2011, and their Medicare-eligible spouses and dependent children; repealing three Maryland State Retiree Prescription Drug programs that provide coverage and assistance to certain retirees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees [HB-260]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain supervisory State employees; and requiring that certain supervisory State employees have separate bargaining units.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 133 on 04/25/2024
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Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations [SB-232]
Altering certain provisions of the Public Employee Relations Act, including adding the definition of interested employee organization, altering the timing of exclusive representative access to new employees, clarifying the responsibilities of certain deputy directors, and clarifying the process for certain investigations of unfair labor practices.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 52 on 04/09/2024