2026 Regular Session
HB45
Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
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 which the employer communicates the opinion of the employer regarding religious matters or political matters; authorizing an employee to file a certain complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
8 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 673026/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected
Failed
35 yea–89 nay · 8 not voting · 9 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 573422/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected
Failed
33 yea–85 nay · 14 not voting · 9 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 823324/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected
Failed
26 yea–83 nay · 23 not voting · 9 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 663227/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected
Failed
23 yea–90 nay · 19 not voting · 9 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 783920/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected
Failed
28 yea–87 nay · 16 not voting · 10 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 323629/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected
Failed
28 yea–88 nay · 15 not voting · 10 absent
April 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 343827/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected
Failed
29 yea–88 nay · 14 not voting · 10 absent
April 6, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
97 yea–35 nay · 4 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
April 7, 2026 · Senate
Rules
January 14, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Referred Rules
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House Third Reading Passed (97-35) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed
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House Floor Amendment {343827/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (29-88)
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House Floor Amendment {323629/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (28-88)
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House Floor Amendment {783920/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (28-87)
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House Floor Amendment {663227/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (23-90)
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House Floor Amendment {823324/1 (Delegate Miller) Rejected (26-83)
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House Floor Amendment {573422/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (33-85)
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House Floor Amendment {673026/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (35-89)
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House Motion Special Order until 04/03 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
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House Favorable Adopted
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House Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Pre-filed