2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1424: Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act)

Legislative Summary

Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc.

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Bill History

2/7/2025
First Reading Appropriations
House of Delegates
2/13/2025
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/3/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
House of Delegates
3/4/2025
Favorable with Amendments {583227/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
3/4/2025
Motion Special Order until 03/05 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
House of Delegates
3/5/2025
Floor Amendment {883624/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (39-97)
House of Delegates
3/5/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Ghrist) Adopted
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
Third Reading Passed (103-36)
House of Delegates
3/12/2025
Referred Budget and Taxation
Senate
3/24/2025
Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate
4/5/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
Senate
4/5/2025
Favorable with Amendments {383121/1 Adopted
Senate
4/5/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Senate
4/7/2025
Third Reading Passed (34-13)
Senate
4/7/2025
House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
House Requests Senate Recede
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, J. Lewis and Ivey)
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
Senate
4/7/2025
House Requests Senate Recede
Senate
4/7/2025
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, J. Lewis and Ivey)
Senate
4/7/2025
Senate Refuses Recede
Senate
4/7/2025
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Rosapepe and Jennings)
Senate
4/7/2025
Senate Refuses Recede
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Rosapepe and Jennings)
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Conference Committee Report {403420/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Third Reading Passed (105-33)
House of Delegates
4/7/2025
Conference Committee Report {403420/1 Adopted
Senate
4/7/2025
Third Reading Passed (33-13)
Senate
4/7/2025
Passed Enrolled
House of Delegates
4/22/2025
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97
House of Delegates

Amendments

Conference Committee Report 403420/1 Adopted

Conference Committee Report 403420/1 Adopted

4/7/2025Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 383121/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 383121/1 Adopted

4/5/2025Adopted

Floor Amendment 883624/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (39-97)

Floor Amendment 883624/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (39-97)

3/5/2025Not Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 583227/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 583227/1 Adopted

3/4/2025Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
4/7/2025
105
Yea
33
Nay
3
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading Passed
3/11/2025
103
Yea
36
Nay
1
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Floor Amendment 883624/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected
3/5/2025
39
Yea
97
Nay
0
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: FAILED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/22/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text4/24/2025265.3 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text4/9/2025294.7 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text3/5/2025169.3 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/7/2025114.7 KB
Vote Image
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Vote Image
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