Maryland Senate Bill 445

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on April 28 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-28 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information

Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]

2026-04-08 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 124 N: 5 NV: 6 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2026-03-19 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 42 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-28	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181
2026-04-09	Senate	Returned Passed
2026-04-08	House	Third Reading Passed (124-5)
2026-04-03	House	Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-04-03	House	Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-03-20	House	Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-03-19	Senate	Third Reading Passed (42-3)
2026-03-17	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-03-17	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {413020/1 Adopted
2026-03-16	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2026-02-04	Senate	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-02	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB532 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-28 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182
SB124 (Carry Over) 2025-01-09 - Hearing 1/16 at 3:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Labor and Employment	3	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Local Government	1	210	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0445?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0445f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0445t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_181_sb0445t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0005/sb0445_41302001.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0445_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0445_gvc.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0466.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1139.pdf