Unemployment Benefits; Paid Parent Leave [HB-193]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Unemployment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
An Act establishing a paid parental leave program; relating to unemployment benefits; relating to the collection of child support obligations; and relating to the duties of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
HB-193: Unemployment Benefits; Paid Parent Leave
Sponsored by: Rep. William Fields
Cosponsor(s): Eischeid on 05/17/2025
Unemployment Benefits [HB-192]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Inflation ]
An Act relating to the payment of unemployment compensation benefits; relating to a penalty for late unemployment benefit payments; relating to inflation adjustments to unemployment benefit amounts; relating to an insured worker's availability for work; and providing for an effective date.
HB-192: Unemployment Benefits
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Eischeid
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/14/2025
Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions - Establishment [HB-1557]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions; requiring a credit reporting agency to place an adverse information freeze on a qualified individual's record; establishing requirements and prohibitions for certain financial institutions; prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to a qualified individual; requiring a court to stay a foreclosure of a certain residential property; requiring the Department to administer the Program; etc.
HB-1557: Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate Feldmark) Adopted (101-34) on 03/26/2025
Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) [HB-1424]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc.
HB-1424: Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 97 on 04/22/2025
Labor and Employment - Disclosure of Employee's Immigration Status - Prohibition [HB-1476]
[Immigration ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting an employer from disclosing or threatening to disclose an employee's immigration status to a public body for the purpose of concealing an employer's violation of certain labor, benefit, or tax laws; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate a violation of the Act on the Commissioner's own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint; and authorizing an alleged violator to request an administrative hearing.
HB-1476: Labor and Employment - Disclosure of Employee's Immigration Status - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
Maryland Department of Health and Department of Human Services – Public Benefits – Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse [HB-1402]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with certain agencies to conduct certain reviews related to eligibility for and use of certain public benefits; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to seek approval for a certain waiver to impose a certain lockout period on certain individuals who fail to report a change in eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc.
HB-1402: Maryland Department of Health and Department of Human Services – Public Benefits – Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/21/2025
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [HB-1096]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
HB-1096: Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
Unemployment Insurance - Child Support Arrearage to Work Pilot Program - Established [HB-1126]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Unemployment ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing a Child Support Arrearage to Work Pilot Program within the Department of Labor to connect individuals who are unemployed and in arrears under a child support order with employment opportunities in the State; and requiring the Department to report on or before July 1, 2026, on the Department's findings and any recommendations related to the continuation of the Program.
HB-1126: Unemployment Insurance - Child Support Arrearage to Work Pilot Program - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 579 on 05/13/2025
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [SB-938]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
SB-938: Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025 [SB-752]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; etc.
SB-752: Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
SB-683: Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/07/2025
You have voted SB-683: Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act).
SB-494: Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-494: Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices.