Employment laws and bills in Maryland

Every bill in the Maryland Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
151bills in scope
Past committee
73past committee
Most recent action
26 May 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Maryland in 2026

The 24 most recent Employment bills enacted in Maryland this year are below, the latest with a last action on 26 May 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Maryland

43Enacted

3Cleared both chambers

27Past committee

78Introduced or inactive

151 bills in scope

Enacted

25 of 43 shown

HB 141State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate AssistantsEnactedHB 388Baltimore County Public Library - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory EmployeesEnactedSB 253Baltimore County Public Library - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory EmployeesEnactedSB 6State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track FacultyEnactedHB 1165State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and CompletionEnactedHB 1248Workgroup for an Inclusive State Workplace - EstablishedEnactedHB 503Baltimore City Sheriff's Office - Collective Bargaining - CompensationEnactedHB 864Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)EnactedSB 673State Procurement - Apprenticeship Program Accountability and CompletionEnactedSB 964Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)EnactedHB 1016Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses - Licensed Architects - Employer Workforce Relocation and Out-of-State EmployersEnactedHB 347Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - HypertensionEnactedHB 532Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll InformationEnactedHB 604Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026EnactedHB 878Workers' Compensation - Heart Disease and Hypertension Presumption and Permanent Partial Disability - Carroll County Correctional DeputiesEnactedSB 28Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026EnactedSB 417Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)EnactedSB 439Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical CannabisEnactedSB 445Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll InformationEnactedSB 777Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)EnactedSB 831Labor Law - Child Labor Penalties, Private Sector Employee Labor Relations, and State Employee Labor StandardsEnactedSB 94Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access - RevisionsEnactedHB 242Unemployment Insurance - Confidentiality of InformationEnactedSB 136Collective Bargaining - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Police OfficersEnactedHB 1294Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit ModernizationEnacted

Showing the 25 furthest along of 151. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Maryland Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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