MD HB1413 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-25 - Hearing canceled
Pending: House Economic Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-02-25 - Hearing canceled
Pending: House Economic Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring employers to establish a policy that provides employees a certain right to ignore communications from the employer during nonworking hours and establishes nonworking hours by written agreement; and prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, an employer from requiring that an employee communicate with the employer during nonworking hours.
Title
Labor and Employment - Employer Communications During Nonworking Hours - Right to Disconnect
Sponsors
| Del. Dylan Behler [D] | Del. Jazz Lewis [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-25 | House | Hearing canceled |
| 2025-02-07 | House | Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-02-07 | House | First Reading Economic Matters |
Subjects
Administrative Agencies
Civil Offenses
Committees and Commissions
Communications
Emergencies
Fines
Health
Labor and Industry, Division of
Local Government - Generally
Managers and Supervisors
Penalties and Sentences
Privacy
Private Sector Labor and Industry
Public Employees
Safety
Standards and Best Practices
State Employees
State Government - Personnel
Time
Work, Labor, and Employment
Civil Offenses
Committees and Commissions
Communications
Emergencies
Fines
Health
Labor and Industry, Division of
Local Government - Generally
Managers and Supervisors
Penalties and Sentences
Privacy
Private Sector Labor and Industry
Public Employees
Safety
Standards and Best Practices
State Employees
State Government - Personnel
Time
Work, Labor, and Employment
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 103 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 718 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1413?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1413f.pdf |
