MD SB486 | 2021 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-26 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 20 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-26 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring an essential employer to give a written statement regarding certain hazard pay paid to certain essential workers at certain intervals; requiring an essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; authorizing an essential worker to refuse to fulfill a certain responsibility under certain circumstances; prohibiting an essential employer from retaliating or taking other adverse action against an essential worker or other worker for certain actions; etc.
Title
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-26 | Senate | Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2021-01-20 | Senate | First Reading Finance |
Same As/Similar To
HB581 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-30 - Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 736
Subjects
Administrative Agencies
Agriculture
Aircraft
Airports
Ambulances
Animals
Assisted Living
Attorneys
Attorneys' Fees
Audiologists and Speech Pathologists
Bail
Boats and Ships
Bonds
Bridges and Tunnels
Buses
Cable Television
Cannabis Distribution
Cannabis Production
Chemical Tests
Child Care
Claims
Clinics
Collective Bargaining
Commerce and Business
Communications
Construction
Contractors
Correctional Institutions
Counselors
Counties
Courts
COVID-19
Cremation
Damages
Death
Demographics
Dentists
Disclosure
Diseases
Elderly Persons
Electricians
Emergencies
Emergency Bills
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Services
Energy Matters
Environmental Matters
Equipment
Essential Workers
Executive Orders
Farmland
Fire Protection
Food
Fuel
Funerals
Health
Health Benefit Exchange
Health Care Facilities
Health Insurance
Health Occupations
Health, Department of
Heating and Cooling
Highways
Hospitals
Industry and Technology
Insurance - Other than Health
internet
Investigations and Inquiries
Labor and Industry, Division of
Laboratories
Landscape Architects
Law Enforcement
Leave
Local Government Mandates
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Mass Transit
Mental and Behavioral Health
Morticians
Motor Vehicle Dealers and Salesmen
Motor Vehicle Equipment
Motor Vehicles
Natural Resources
Nurses
Nursing Homes
Occupational Safety
Occupational Therapists
pandemics
Penalties and Sentences
Personal Protective Equipment
Pest Control
Pharmacists and Pharmacies
Physical Therapists
Physicians
Plumbing
Ports
Postal Service
Privacy
Private Sector Labor and Industry
Psychologists
Public Information
Public Safety
Railroads
Real Property
Reports
Rescue Squads
Retail Sales
Rules and Regulations
Safety
Salaries and Compensation
Service Stations
Storage
Substance Abuse
Telecommunications and Information Technology
Telephones
telework
Time
Towing
Transient Merchants
Transportation
Trees
Trucks
Utilities
Veterinarians
Weapons
Weights and Measures
Work, Labor, and Employment
Workers' Compensation
Agriculture
Aircraft
Airports
Ambulances
Animals
Assisted Living
Attorneys
Attorneys' Fees
Audiologists and Speech Pathologists
Bail
Boats and Ships
Bonds
Bridges and Tunnels
Buses
Cable Television
Cannabis Distribution
Cannabis Production
Chemical Tests
Child Care
Claims
Clinics
Collective Bargaining
Commerce and Business
Communications
Construction
Contractors
Correctional Institutions
Counselors
Counties
Courts
COVID-19
Cremation
Damages
Death
Demographics
Dentists
Disclosure
Diseases
Elderly Persons
Electricians
Emergencies
Emergency Bills
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Services
Energy Matters
Environmental Matters
Equipment
Essential Workers
Executive Orders
Farmland
Fire Protection
Food
Fuel
Funerals
Health
Health Benefit Exchange
Health Care Facilities
Health Insurance
Health Occupations
Health, Department of
Heating and Cooling
Highways
Hospitals
Industry and Technology
Insurance - Other than Health
internet
Investigations and Inquiries
Labor and Industry, Division of
Laboratories
Landscape Architects
Law Enforcement
Leave
Local Government Mandates
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Mass Transit
Mental and Behavioral Health
Morticians
Motor Vehicle Dealers and Salesmen
Motor Vehicle Equipment
Motor Vehicles
Natural Resources
Nurses
Nursing Homes
Occupational Safety
Occupational Therapists
pandemics
Penalties and Sentences
Personal Protective Equipment
Pest Control
Pharmacists and Pharmacies
Physical Therapists
Physicians
Plumbing
Ports
Postal Service
Privacy
Private Sector Labor and Industry
Psychologists
Public Information
Public Safety
Railroads
Real Property
Reports
Rescue Squads
Retail Sales
Rules and Regulations
Safety
Salaries and Compensation
Service Stations
Storage
Substance Abuse
Telecommunications and Information Technology
Telephones
telework
Time
Towing
Transient Merchants
Transportation
Trees
Trucks
Utilities
Veterinarians
Weapons
Weights and Measures
Work, Labor, and Employment
Workers' Compensation
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance | 31 | 108 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1601 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1602 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1603 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1604 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1605 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1606 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1607 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1608 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1609 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1610 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1611 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 1612 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Labor and Employment | 3 | 504 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0486?ys=2021RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0486f.pdf |
