2024 Regular Session • Maryland Legislature
HB1526: Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act
Legislative Summary
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt an individual from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish certain temporary relief programs to provide assistance to individuals and certain entities impacted by a certain closure of the Port of Baltimore; etc.
Bill History
3/29/2024
First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
House of Delegates
3/29/2024
Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted (140-0)
House of Delegates
3/29/2024
Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
House of Delegates
4/2/2024
Rereferred to Economic Matters and Appropriations
House of Delegates
4/2/2024
Hearing 4/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters)
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Favorable with Amendments {283521/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Floor Amendment {783524/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (39-95)
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Floor Amendment {293128/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (39-97)
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Third Reading Passed (129-2)
House of Delegates
4/8/2024
Motion Rules Suspend to Refer (Senator Hettleman) Adopted
Senate
4/8/2024
Rereferred to Finance and Budget and Taxation
Senate
4/8/2024
Favorable Adopted
Senate
4/8/2024
Second Reading Passed
Senate
4/8/2024
Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator King) Adopted
Senate
4/8/2024
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Senate
4/8/2024
Returned Passed
House of Delegates
4/9/2024
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2
House of Delegates
Amendments
Favorable with Amendments 283521/1 Adopted
Favorable with Amendments 283521/1 Adopted
4/8/2024Adopted
Floor Amendment 783524/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (39-95)
Floor Amendment 783524/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (39-95)
4/8/2024Not Adopted
Floor Amendment 293128/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (39-97)
Floor Amendment 293128/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (39-97)
4/8/2024Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Floor Amendment 783524/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected
4/8/2024
39
Yea
95
Nay
4
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: FAILED
Floor Amendment 293128/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected
4/8/2024
39
Yea
97
Nay
2
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: FAILED
Third Reading Passed
4/8/2024
129
Yea
2
Nay
7
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
4/8/2024
46
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
3/29/2024
140
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/9/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 3
Republican: 2
Primary Sponsor
Luke Clippinger
Democrat