| MD | HB862 | Veto | Prohibiting a railroad train used in connection with the movement of freight from being operated in the State unless it has at least two crew members, subject to certain exceptions; providing a penalty for a first offense of up to $10,000 or, in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-22
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | SB243 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 |
| MD | HB721 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 |
| MD | SB893 | Pass | Authorizing a merchant to round the portion of the price of a certain transaction for which a customer pays using cash in a certain manner or round the amount of change due to a customer in a certain manner; and altering the definition of "taxable p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516 |
| MD | HB1026 | Pass | Authorizing a merchant to round the portion of the price of a certain transaction for which a customer pays using cash in a certain manner or round the amount of change due to a customer in a certain manner; providing that certain provisions of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 515 |
| MD | HB297 | Pass | Establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; providing the MDiplomaWorks pathway is a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 169 |
| MD | SB70 | Pass | Establishing the MDiplomaWorks pathway as an alternative method of earning a high school diploma in the State; establishing the Program as a method to recognize and certify high school diploma achievement through demonstrated academic and career comp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 168 |
| MD | HB532 | Pass | 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 empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 |
| MD | SB417 | Pass | Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 221 |
| MD | SB445 | Pass | 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 empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181 |
| MD | HB895 | Pass | Prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party delivery service provider from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer personal data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party deli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 154 |
| MD | HB1016 | Pass | Applying certain provisions of law establishing that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State to licensed architects employed by certain e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 301 |
| MD | SB831 | Pass | Establishing certain civil penalties for violations of law involving the employment of minors; prohibiting employers from allowing the formation of a certain organization or entity under certain circumstances; authorizing certain private employees to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 |
| MD | SB777 | Pass | Altering the program the Maryland Department of Labor is required to establish for the retraining and placement of certain hospital employees; requiring the Department to allocate money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to local workforce d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-28
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 |
| MD | SB60 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 $15,000 in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Motion Laid Over (Senator Jennings) Adopted |
| MD | HB299 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 $15,000 in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB900 | Engross
Sine Die | Applying certain provisions of law establishing that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State to licensed architects employed by certain e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB45 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting employers and their agents, representatives, and designees from taking certain actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant takes certain actions regarding employer-sponsored meetings during wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1479 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the State minimum wage rate to $18 for calendar year 2028 for large employers and for calendar year 2029 for small employers; and increasing, beginning January 1, 2029, and January 1, 2030, for large employers and small employers, respecti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-02
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1634 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, as a condition of licensure, certain applicants for cannabis licenses and cannabis licensees to establish the existence of a certain labor peace agreement under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1241 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering categories of individuals whose deaths would allow an employee to use leave with pay for bereavement leave or whose illness would allow an employee to use leave with pay under a certain provision of law; and authorizing employees to use leav...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB387 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party food delivery service provider from engaging in the practice of dynamic pricing or using consumer data to set a price for consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer and a third-party food del...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-24
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1070 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Workforce Opportunities Grant Program to provide grants to certain organizations to support the planning and execution of workforce events and job fairs in the State; establishing the Workforce Opportunities Grant Fund as a special, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1480 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain civil penalties for violations of law involving the employment of minors; prohibiting employers from allowing the formation of a certain organization or entity under certain circumstances; authorizing certain private employees to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-23
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB536 | Engross
Sine Die | Expanding certain protections against employment discrimination to apply to temporary disabilities caused or contributed to by childbirth, menopause, or a related medical condition; and authorizing an employer to consider the operational impact of an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1108 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing collective bargaining rights for employees of employers who operate controlled-environment agricultural operations; requiring the Public Employee Relations Board to establish by regulation certain procedures related to collective bargain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1307 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain employers that receive $250,000 or more in State public funds as part of a single transaction or contract with the State, as a condition of receiving the funds, to agree not to engage in certain unfair labor practices and to make ot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1524 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring employers that employ 15 or more individuals or are governmental units to provide full-time and part-time employees who are parents at least 20 hours of paid leave each year to attend school functions at the public or nonpublic elementary o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1515 | Intro
Sine Die | Applying certain provisions of law establishing that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State to employees of certain employers that reloc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB960 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Federal Employee to Entrepreneur Program in the Department of Commerce to provide former or transitioning federal employees with the training, tools, and mentorship necessary for successfully transitioning to entrepreneurship; and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB995 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, as a condition of licensure, certain applicants for cannabis licenses and cannabis licensees to establish the existence of a certain labor peace agreement under certain circumstances; defining "labor peace agreement" as one that, at a mini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-21
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1356 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an employer to require an applicant to disclose the applicant's engagement in certain actions only if the disclosure is related to certain job requirements; prohibiting an employer from taking certain adverse action against an employee if...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1539 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Labor Relations Board as an independent unit of State government to oversee collective bargaining activities for certain private sector employees; establishing certain rights for employees and employers related to collective...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1543 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Temporary Worker Oversight Unit in the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring recruiters of temporary workers that operate in the State to register with the Department and post a certain bond; prohibiting employers and recruiters of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-20
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB314 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring employers with 100 or more employees that reduced their workforce in the State by a least 10 employees while using automation technology to submit certain information to the Secretary of Labor concerning the number of employees employed, au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1512 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, if a merchant rounds up the price of a cash transaction for a good or service in a certain manner, the merchant to remit to the Comptroller the difference between the total price the customer is required to pay after the rounding occurs an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1229 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right while engaged in employment in the State to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1358 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allocate money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to local workforce development boards under certain circumstances; altering certain workforce development programs to require inclusion of local ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB1129 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring provider agencies to pay at least $17 per hour to personal care aides and to provide a certain notice regarding the wage to personal care aides; and requiring provider agencies to provide personal care aides with a certain minimum amount of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | HB1414 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13
To House Health Committee |
| MD | SB539 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Workforce Opportunities Grant Program to provide grants to certain organizations to support the planning and execution of workforce events and job fairs in the State; establishing the Workforce Opportunities Grant Fund as a special, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB663 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a nursing home to expend at least 75% of its total nursing and residential care revenue for direct care wages and benefits; and requiring nursing homes by September 1 each year, beginning in 2027, to submit a cost report with documentation ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB887 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing collective bargaining rights for employees of employers who operate controlled-environment agricultural operations; requiring the Secretary of Labor to establish by regulation certain procedures related to collective bargaining; authoriz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB857 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an employer to require an applicant to disclose the applicant's engagement in certain actions only if the disclosure is related to specific job requirements; prohibiting an employer from taking certain adverse action against an employee i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB889 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from engaging in surveillance-based price setting to set the price of consumer goods or services; prohibiting a food retailer from using electronic shelving labels to display the prices of consumer goods, and instead requiring th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB886 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right while engaged in employment in the State to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB804 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain employers to develop, implement, and maintain an excessive heat-related illness prevention plan for employees; requiring certain employers to develop and implement an acclimatization plan for certain employees or follow the acclimat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB69 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the exemption from overtime pay for individuals who are employed to work in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB612 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Director of Education and Workforce Skills Training for Correctional Institutions to consult with the State Correctional Ombudsman about the operation of education and workforce skills training programs in adult correctional institution...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | HB724 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting employment discrimination based on an individual's caregiver status.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
