Maryland Senate Bill 481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Passed on May 19 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-19 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Altering a specified provision of law concerning equal pay for equal work to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex or gender identity; prohibiting an employer from discriminating between employees by providing less favorable employment opportunities based on sex or gender identity; providing that specified provisions of the Act do not preclude an employee from demonstrating that an employer's reliance on a specified exception is a pretext for discrimination on the basis of sex or gender identity; etc.

Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work

Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Jamin Raskin [D]	Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. Joanne Benson [D]
Sen. Joan Conway [D]	Sen. Ulysses Currie [D]	Sen. James DeGrange [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]
Sen. William Ferguson [D]	Sen. Lisa Gladden [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]
Sen. Edward Kasemeyer [D]	Sen. Delores Kelley [D]	Sen. Nancy King [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]
Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]	Sen. Roger Manno [D]	Sen. Jim Mathias [D]	Sen. Nathaniel McFadden [D]
Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]	Sen. Thomas Miller [D]	Sen. Anthony Muse [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]
Sen. Douglas Peters [D]	Sen. Paul Pinsky [D]	Sen. Catherine Pugh [D]	Sen. Victor Ramirez [D]
Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]	Sen. Robert Zirkin [D]

2016-04-04 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (106-29) (Y: 106 N: 29 NV: 2 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2016-03-23 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (32-13) (Y: 32 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2016-03-22 - Senate - Senate Floor - Floor Amendment (Cassilly) {503728/1 Rejected (14-32) (Y: 14 N: 32 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2016-03-21 - Senate - Senate Floor - Floor Amendment (Waugh) {703323/1 Rejected (13-33) (Y: 13 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2016-03-20 - Senate - Senate Floor - Floor Amendment (Raskin) {193020/2 Adopted (28-16) (Y: 28 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-19	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556
2016-04-11	Senate	Returned Passed
2016-04-09	House	Third Reading Passed (106-29)
2016-04-09	House	Second Reading Passed
2016-04-09	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2016-04-09	House	Favorable Report by Economic Matters
2016-04-07	House	Rereferred to Economic Matters
2016-03-28	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2016-03-25	Senate	Third Reading Passed (32-13)
2016-03-24	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2016-03-24	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Cassilly) {503728/1 Rejected (14-32)
2016-03-24	Senate	Floor Committee Amendment (Finance) {717575/1 Adopted
2016-03-24	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Norman) {173227/1 Withdrawn
2016-03-23	Senate	Special Order until 3/24 (Senator Norman) Adopted
2016-03-23	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Norman) {173227/1
2016-03-23	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Waugh) {703323/1 Rejected (13-33)
2016-03-23	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
2016-03-22	Senate	Special Order until 3/23 (Senator Cassilly) Adopted
2016-03-22	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Raskin) {193020/2 Adopted (28-16)
2016-03-22	Senate	Special Order until later today (President) Adopted
2016-03-22	Senate	Floor Amendment (Senator Raskin) {193020/2
2016-03-22	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted
2016-03-22	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {957476/1
2016-03-21	Senate	Laid Over (Senator Bates) Adopted
2016-03-21	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {957476/1
2016-03-21	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2016-03-03	Senate	Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-03	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0481?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0481f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0481t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/Chapters_noln/CH_556_sb0481t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0481_95747601.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0481_19302002.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0481_70332301.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0481_17322701.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0481_50372801.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0481_71757501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0481.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0481_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0481_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0481,s-0710&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0481,s-0725&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0481,s-0736&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0481,s-0750&stab=02&ys=2016RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0481,h-1278&stab=02&ys=2016RS