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2026 Regular Session

SB777

Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)

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 development boards under certain circumstances; altering certain workforce development programs to require inclusion of local workforce boards; requiring the Department to provide funding to local workforce boards; requiring local workforce boards to provide certain grants; etc.

Legislative progress

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Introduced in Senate February 6, 2026 Senate passed March 23, 2026 House passed April 13, 2026 Senate passed April 13, 2026 Enrolled April 13, 2026 Governor approved April 28, 2026

Recorded floor votes

3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 23, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

42 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent

View roll call

April 13, 2026 · House

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

131 yea–2 nay · 7 not voting · 1 absent

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April 13, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

43 yea–0 nay · 4 not voting

View roll call

Committee referrals

February 6, 2026 · Senate

Finance

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.

  1. Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298
  2. Senate Passed Enrolled View roll call
  3. Senate Third Reading Passed (43-0) View roll call
  4. Senate Senate Concurs House Amendments
  5. House Third Reading Passed (131-2) View roll call
  6. House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  7. House Favorable with Amendments {273122/1 Adopted
  8. House Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
  9. House Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Health
  10. Senate Third Reading Passed (42-0) View roll call
  11. Senate Second Reading Passed View roll call
  12. Senate Favorable Adopted View roll call
  13. Senate Favorable Report by Finance
  14. Senate Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
  15. Senate First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation
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