State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - Memorandum of Understanding - Continuation [SB-654]
Prohibiting a memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under certain provisions of law from expiring until it is succeeded by a memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under a certain provision of the law; requiring that the terms of a certain memorandum of understanding continue in force and effect until a certain memorandum of understanding is agreed to and ratified; authorizing an exclusive representative to file a certain action in a circuit court under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Returned Passed on 04/07/2018
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Career Youth and Public Sector Apprenticeship Act [SB-618]
Authorizing a county board of education to award credit to a high school student who completes work-based training or classroom instruction under a registered apprenticeship program; authorizing a county board to count toward high school attendance the time certain apprentices spend during certain work-based training with certain employers; requiring the State Board of Education to report on progress, by high school and community college, toward the attainment of certain goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Delegates Luedtke, Wilkins, And Rose on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Retiree Dependent Participation in the Maryland Rx Program [SB-568]
Altering a certain date to January 1, 2020, by which the State is required to discontinue a certain prescription drug benefit for certain retirees; authorizing certain retirees who participate in a certain prescription drug benefit plan with a certain dependent to elect to have the dependent covered under a certain State prescription drug benefit plan; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to provide a certain notice to certain retirees of certain changes not later July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/22 At 8:30 A.m. on 02/22/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Higher Education - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants (Graduate Assistant Collective Bargaining Fairness Act) [SB-560]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for certain graduate assistants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Personnel - Compensation - Shift Differential Pay [SB-556]
Requiring that certain employees in the State Personnel Management System are entitled to certain rates of shift differential pay; and authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Management to adopt certain regulations to increase certain rates of shift differential pay.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Immunity - Persons Acting on Behalf of the State [SB-554]
Altering the definition of "State personnel" to include a person acting on behalf of the State in accordance with State law for the purposes of establishing certain immunity against tort claims; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) [SB-543]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods; increasing, except under certain 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; specifying the tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting an employer, beginning July 1, 2026, from including the tip credit amount as part of the wage of certain employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Personnel - Employees in the Same Classification - Report [SB-464]
Requiring the Department of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Transportation, to submit to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee by January 1, 2020, a report outlining a certain plan and identifying certain information.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 690 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Personnel – Grievance Procedures [SB-338]
Expanding the application of certain provisions of law governing grievance procedures for certain State employees; requiring a grievant to complete certain forms in sufficient detail that will allow for the expeditious resolution of the grievance; applying a certain definition of "grievance" to a certain requirement that the Department of Transportation adopt certain regulations relating to employee grievance procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Personnel - Maryland Hatch Act [SB-246]
Providing that a State employee may take part in political management or in political campaigns, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain employees of the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections from requesting from, receiving from, or giving to certain individuals a political contribution; prohibiting certain employees of certain government agencies from holding certain leadership positions in a campaign finance entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Indexing [SB-235]
Increasing, except under certain circumstances, the State minimum wage rate in effect for certain periods of time based on annual growth in a certain Consumer Price Index; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, beginning March 1, 2019, to annually determine and announce the growth in the Consumer Price Index, if any, and the new State minimum wage rate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Paid Leave Compromise Act of 2018 [SB-135]
Requiring certain employers with at least a certain number of employees to provide employees with paid time off that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns and that may be used by the employee for any reason; authorizing an employer to apply to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation for a certain waiver; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to create and make available a certain poster and notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
First Reading Finance on 01/11/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program – Employees of Qualifying Organizations [SB-1016]
Providing that participation by certain organizations in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program may not impede, undermine, or conflict with certain obligations or statuses; establishing the Task Force to Study Cooperative Purchasing for Health Insurance; requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations on ways to control health costs and offer a variety of health benefit plan choices to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/21/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Paid Leave Compromise Act of 2018 [HB-98]
Requiring certain employers with at least a certain number of employees to provide employees with paid time off that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns and that may be used by the employee for any reason; authorizing an employer to apply to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation for a certain waiver; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to create and make available a certain poster and notice; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Collective Bargaining - Memorandum of Understanding - Continuation [HB-864]
Prohibiting a memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under certain provisions of law from expiring until it is succeeded by a memorandum of understanding agreed to and ratified under certain provisions of law; requiring that the terms of a certain memorandum of understanding continue in force and effect until a certain memorandum of understanding is agreed to and ratified; authorizing an exclusive representative to file a certain action in a circuit court under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 23 on 04/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Exemption - Facility With On-Site Health Clinic [HB-779]
Exempting from certain provisions of law concerning earned sick and safe leave certain employees who regularly work at facilities at which the employers offer the employees access to on-site health clinics that have operating costs of at least $1,000,000 per year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Employees - Parental Leave [HB-775]
Providing that certain State employees may be entitled to parental leave with pay; establishing a maximum of 60 days of parental leave that employees may use for the care and nurturing of a child within 1 year after the birth or adoption of the child; providing that an employee may use parental leave only after obtaining approval from a certain appointing authority; prohibiting an employee from receiving certain payment unless the employee takes a certain action; and requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to adopt regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of the Minimum Wage Required (Fight for Fifteen) [HB-664]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for certain time periods; increasing, except under certain 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; specifying the tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting an employer, beginning July 1, 2026, from including the tip credit amount as part of the wage of certain employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Employment Categories and Practices [HB-643]
Altering the employment categories of certain 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 certain exception; repealing the authority for special appointment positions; requiring the Department to determine which employment classifications at the Department would be described as being skilled service or professional service; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/25/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Retiree Dependent Participation in the Maryland Rx Program [HB-629]
Altering a certain date to January 1, 2020, by which the State is required to discontinue a certain prescription drug benefit for certain retirees; authorizing certain retirees who participate in a certain prescription drug benefit plan with a certain dependent to elect to have the dependent covered under a certain State prescription drug benefit plan; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to provide a certain notice to certain retirees of certain changes not later than July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/09/2018