Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB994 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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7	7	SENATE BILL 994
8	8	K3 4lr1786
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10	10	By: Senator Benson
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
12	12	Assigned to: Finance
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
15	15
16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Maryland Predictable Scheduling Act 2
19	19
20	20	FOR the purpose of establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, 3
21	21	hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for 4
22	22	employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to 5
23	23	employees, notifications regarding changes to the schedules, and payment of wages 6
24	24	to employees whose work schedules are changed by the employer; authorizing certain 7
25	25	employees to request an adjustment in a work schedule before beginning a shift and 8
26	26	to decline to work hours that occur during a certain period; and generally relating to 9
27	27	work schedules. 10
28	28
29	29	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
30	30	Article – Labor and Employment 12
31	31	Section 2–106(b) and 3–102(a) 13
32	32	Annotated Code of Maryland 14
33	33	(2016 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 15
34	34
35	35	BY adding to 16
36	36	Article – Labor and Employment 17
37	37	Section 3–103(n); and 3–1801 through 3–1812 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 18
38	38	18. Predictable Scheduling” 19
39	39	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
40	40	(2016 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 21
41	41
42	42	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 22
43	43	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 23
44	44
45	45	Article – Labor and Employment 24
46	46
47	47	2–106. 25
48	48	2 SENATE BILL 994
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50	50
51	51	(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, and in addition to authority 1
52	52	to adopt regulations that is set forth elsewhere, the Commissioner may adopt regulations 2
53	53	that are necessary to carry out: 3
54	54
55	55	(1) Title 3, Subtitle 3 of this article; 4
56	56
57	57	(2) Title 3, Subtitle 5 of this article; 5
58	58
59	59	(3) Title 3, Subtitle 13 of this article; 6
60	60
61	61	(4) TITLE 3, SUBTITLE 18 OF THIS ARTICLE; 7
62	62
63	63	[(4)] (5) Title 4, Subtitle 2, Parts I through III of this article; 8
64	64
65	65	[(5)] (6) Title 5 of this article; 9
66	66
67	67	[(6)] (7) Title 6 of this article; and 10
68	68
69	69	[(7)] (8) Title 7 of this article. 11
70	70
71	71	3–102. 12
72	72
73	73	(a) In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Commissioner shall: 13
74	74
75	75	(1) enforce Subtitle 2 of this title; 14
76	76
77	77	(2) carry out Subtitle 3 of this title; 15
78	78
79	79	(3) enforce Subtitle 4 of this title; 16
80	80
81	81	(4) enforce Subtitle 9 of this title; 17
82	82
83	83	(5) enforce Subtitle 16 of this title; [and] 18
84	84
85	85	(6) ENFORCE SUBTITLE 18 OF THIS TITLE; AND 19
86	86
87	87	[(6)] (7) enforce a local minimum wage law. 20
88	88
89	89	3–103. 21
90	90
91	91	(N) THE COMMISSIONER MAY COND UCT AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE 22
92	92	WHETHER A PROVISION OF SUBTITLE 18 OF THIS TITLE HAS BEEN VIOLATED, ON 23
93	93	THE COMMISSIONER ’S OWN INITIATIVE OR ON RECEIPT OF A WRIT TEN COMPLAINT 24
94	94	OF AN EMPLOYEE . 25
95	95
96	96	SUBTITLE 18. PREDICTABLE SCHEDULING. 26 SENATE BILL 994 3
97	97
98	98
99	99
100	100	3–1801. 1
101	101
102	102	(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 2
103	103	INDICATED. 3
104	104
105	105	(B) (1) “EMPLOYEE” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS: 4
106	106
107	107	(I) PAID AN HOURLY WAGE ; 5
108	108
109	109	(II) NOT EXEMPT FROM THE MINIMUM WAGE AND OVE RTIME 6
110	110	REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT; AND 7
111	111
112	112	(III) EMPLOYED BY AN EMPLO YER. 8
113	113
114	114	(2) “EMPLOYEE” DOES NOT INCLUDE AN INDEPENDE NT 9
115	115	CONTRACTOR . 10
116	116
117	117	(C) (1) “EMPLOYER” MEANS A PERSON THAT EMPLOYS INDIVIDUALS IN A 11
118	118	FOOD SERVICE ESTABLI SHMENT, HOSPITALITY ESTABLIS HMENT, OR RETAIL 12
119	119	ESTABLISHMENT . 13
120	120
121	121	(2) “EMPLOYER” INCLUDES A FRANCHISE E. 14
122	122
123	123	(D) “FOOD SERVICE ESTABLIS HMENT” MEANS AN ENTITY IN T HE INDUSTRY 15
124	124	OF FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES , AS DEFINED UNDER THE NORTH 16
125	125	AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, NAICS 722, OR A SIMILAR 17
126	126	DESIGNATION ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER , THAT: 18
127	127
128	128	(1) EMPLOYS NOT LESS THAN 500 EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED 19
129	129	STATES OR WORLDWIDE ; AND 20
130	130
131	131	(2) (I) IS PART OF A CHAIN O F AT LEAST 30 RESTAURANTS IN THE 21
132	132	UNITED STATES OR WORLDWIDE ; OR 22
133	133
134	134	(II) IS A FRANCHISEE. 23
135	135
136	136	(E) (1) “FRANCHISEE” MEANS A PERSON TO WH OM A FRANCHISE OF A 24
137	137	FOOD SER VICE ESTABLISHMENT , HOSPITALITY ESTABLIS HMENT, OR RETAIL 25
138	138	ESTABLISHMENT IS GRA NTED. 26
139	139
140	140	(2) “FRANCHISEE” INCLUDES A DISTRIBUT OR, WHOLESALER , 27
141	141	JOBBER, OR RETAILER THAT IS GRANTED AUTHORITY UN DER A FRANCHISE TO U SE 28 4 SENATE BILL 994
142	142
143	143
144	144	A TRADEMARK , TRADE NAME , SERVICE MARK , OR OTHER IDENTIFYING SYMBOL OR 1
145	145	NAME. 2
146	146
147	147	(F) “HOSPITALITY ESTABLISH MENT” MEANS AN ENTITY THAT IS A HOTEL, 3
148	148	MOTEL, OR CASINO HOTEL AS D EFINED UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 4
149	149	CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, NAICS 721110 AND 721120, OR A SIMILAR DESIGNA TION 5
150	150	ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THAT EMPLOYS NOT LES S THAN 500 EMPLOYEES 6
151	151	IN THE UNITED STATES OR WORLDWIDE . 7
152	152
153	153	(G) “ON–CALL SHIFT” MEANS TIME THAT AN E MPLOYER REQUIRES AN 8
154	154	EMPLOYEE TO BE AVAIL ABLE TO WORK AND TO CONTACT THE EMPLOYER OR THE 9
155	155	EMPLOYER’S DESIGNEE, OR TO WAIT TO BE CONTACTED BY THE EMP LOYER OR THE 10
156	156	EMPLOYER’S DESIGNEE, WITHIN 24 HOURS BEFORE THE STA RT OF A POTENTIAL 11
157	157	SHIFT TO DETERMINE W HETHER THE EMPLOYEE MUST REPORT TO WORK . 12
158	158
159	159	(H) “RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT ” MEANS AN ENTITY DEFI NED UNDER THE 13
160	160	NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, NAICS 4410 THROUGH 14
161	161	4599, OR A SIMILAR DESIGNA TION ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT EMP LOYS 15
162	162	NOT LESS THAN 500 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE . 16
163	163
164	164	(I) “SCHEDULED WORK HOURS ” MEANS THE HOURS AN E MPLOYEE IS 17
165	165	SCHEDULED TO WORK UN DER A WORK SCHEDULE . 18
166	166
167	167	(J) “SHIFT” MEANS THE CONSECUTIV E HOURS, INCLUDING BREAKS OF 19
168	168	LESS THAN 1 HOUR, AN EMPLOYER REQUIRES AN EMPLOYEE TO WORK OR TO BE 20
169	169	AVAILABLE FOR WORK . 21
170	170
171	171	(K) “WORK SCHEDULE ” MEANS A WRITTEN NOTI CE OF AN EMPLOYEE ’S 22
172	172	REGULAR AND ON –CALL SHIFTS DURING A CONSECUTIVE 7–DAY PERIOD THAT 23
173	173	INCLUDES THE SPECIFI C START AND END TIME FOR EACH SHIFT . 24
174	174
175	175	(L) “WORK SCHEDULE CHANGE ” MEANS A MODIFICATION TO THE 25
176	176	EMPLOYEE’S WORK SCHEDULE MADE BY THE EMPLOYER , INCLUDING: 26
177	177
178	178	(1) THE ADDITION OR REDU CTION OF HOURS ; 27
179	179
180	180	(2) THE CANCELLATION OF A PART OF A SHIFT; 28
181	181
182	182	(3) A CHANGE IN THE TIME , DATE, OR LOCATION OF A SHI FT; OR 29
183	183
184	184	(4) THE SCHEDULING OF AN EMPLOYEE FOR AN ON –CALL SHIFT FOR 30
185	185	WHICH THE EMPLOYEE D OES NOT NEED TO REPO RT TO WORK. 31
186	186	SENATE BILL 994 5
187	187
188	188
189	189	3–1802. 1
190	190
191	191	(A) THIS SUBTITLE MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO : 2
192	192
193	193	(1) DISCOURAGE OR PROHIB IT AN EMPLOYER FROM ADOPTING OR 3
194	194	RETAINING A POLICY T HAT IS MORE BENEFICI AL TO EMPLOYEES THAN THE 4
195	195	REQUIREMENTS UNDER T HIS SUBTITLE; 5
196	196
197	197	(2) DIMINISH THE OBLIGAT ION OF AN EMPLOYER T O COMPLY WITH A 6
198	198	CONTRACT, A COLLECTIVE BARGAIN ING AGREEME NT, AN EMPLOYMENT BENEFI T 7
199	199	PLAN, OR ANY OTHER AGREEME NT THAT ESTABLISHES POLICIES THAT ARE MO RE 8
200	200	BENEFICIAL TO AN EMP LOYEE THAN THE REQUI REMENTS OF THIS SUBT ITLE; OR 9
201	201
202	202	(3) PREEMPT, LIMIT, OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE APPLICABILITY OF 10
203	203	ANY OTHER LAW , POLICY, OR STANDARD ESTABLISHING SCHEDULING POLICIES 11
204	204	THAT PROVIDE ADDITIO NAL RIGHTS OR EXTEND OTHER PROTECTIONS TO 12
205	205	EMPLOYEES BEYOND THO SE PROVIDED UNDER TH IS SUBTITLE. 13
206	206
207	207	(B) FOR PURPOSES OF ENFOR CING THIS SUBTITLE , AN EMPLOYER SHALL 14
208	208	BEAR THE BURDEN OF P ROOF THAT AN IND IVIDUAL IS AN INDEPE NDENT 15
209	209	CONTRACTOR AND NOT A N EMPLOYEE OF THE EM PLOYER. 16
210	210
211	211	3–1803. 17
212	212
213	213	(A) (1) AN EMPLOYER SHALL PRO VIDE A NEW EMPLOYEE WITH THE 18
214	214	EMPLOYEE’S FIRST WORK SCHEDUL E NOT LATER THAN THE DATE OF THE 19
215	215	EMPLOYEE’S FIRST SHIFT. 20
216	216
217	217	(2) THE WORK SCHEDULE PR OVIDED UNDER PARAGRA PH (1) OF THIS 21
218	218	SUBSECTION SHALL COV ER THE CONSECUTIVE 7–DAY PERIOD BEGINNING WITH THE 22
219	219	DATE OF THE FIRST SH IFT. 23
220	220
221	221	(B) (1) AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE THE STAR T OF ANY 7–DAY WORK 24
222	222	SCHEDULE, AN EMPLOYER SHALL CO NSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY THE WORK SCHE DULE 25
223	223	AT EACH EMPLOYEE ’S WORK SITE AND DIST RIBUTE THE WORK SCHE DULE TO EACH 26
224	224	EMPLOYEE. 27
225	225
226	226	(2) A WORK SCHEDULE SHALL LIST ALL CURRENT EMP LOYEES AT A 28
227	227	RESPECTIVE WORK SITE . 29
228	228
229	229	(3) AN EMPLOYER MAY PROVI DE THE WORK SCHEDULE UNDER 30
230	230	PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION TO AN EMPLOYEE BY EL ECTRONIC MEANS 31
231	231	ONLY IF THE ELECTRON IC MEANS ARE REGULAR LY USED TO COMMUNICA TE 32 6 SENATE BILL 994
232	232
233	233
234	234	SCHEDULING INFORMATI ON TO THE EMPLOYEE . 1
235	235
236	236	(C) (1) AN EMPLOYER SHALL : 2
237	237
238	238	(I) NOTIFY AN EMPLOYEE I N WRITING ABOUT A WO RK 3
239	239	SCHEDULE CHANGE AS S OON AS PRACTICABL E BEFORE THE CHANGE TAKES 4
240	240	EFFECT; AND 5
241	241
242	242	(II) POST A REVISED WORK SCHEDULE THAT REFLEC TS THE 6
243	243	CHANGE WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE CHAN GE IS MADE. 7
244	244
245	245	(2) AN EMPLOYEE MAY DECLI NE TO WORK HOURS NOT INCLUDED IN 8
246	246	AN ORIGINAL WORK SCH EDULE OR IN A SUBSEQ UENTLY REVIS ED SCHEDULE . 9
247	247
248	248	(3) IF AN EMPLOYEE CONSEN TS TO WORK HOURS NOT INCLUDED IN 10
249	249	AN ORIGINAL SCHEDULE OR IN A SUBSEQUENTLY REVISED SCHEDULE , THE 11
250	250	EMPLOYEE SHALL PROVI DE THE CONSENT IN WR ITING. 12
251	251
252	252	(D) (1) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , 13
253	253	BEFORE BE GINNING A SHIFT , AN EMPLOYEE MAY SUBM IT TO AN EMPLOYER AN 14
254	254	ORAL, WRITTEN, OR ELECTRONIC REQUES T TO ADJUST THE EMPL OYEE’S WORK 15
255	255	SCHEDULE. 16
256	256
257	257	(II) A REQUEST MADE UNDER S UBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS 17
258	258	PARAGRAPH MAY INCLUD E A REQUEST FOR THE EMPLOYER TO : 18
259	259
260	260	1. SCHEDULE OR REFRAIN FROM SCHEDULING THE 19
261	261	EMPLOYEE FOR WORK SH IFTS DURING SPECIFIC DAYS OR TIMES OR AT SPECIFIC 20
262	262	LOCATIONS; 21
263	263
264	264	2. SCHEDULE THE EMPLOYE E FOR MORE OR FEWER 22
265	265	HOURS; OR 23
266	266
267	267	3. SCHEDULE THE EMPLOYE E CONSISTENTLY FOR A 24
268	268	SPECIFIC OR MINIMUM NUMBER OF WEEKLY WORK HOURS . 25
269	269
270	270	(2) ON RECEIPT OF A REQUE ST TO ADJUST AN EMPL OYEE’S WORK 26
271	271	SCHEDULE, AN EMPLOYER : 27
272	272
273	273	(I) SHALL ENGAGE WITH TH E EMPLOYEE IN AN INT ERACTIVE 28
274	274	PROCESS TO DISCUSS T HE EMPLOYEE ’S REQUEST; AND 29
275	275
276	276	(II) MAY GRANT OR DENY TH E EMPLOYEE’S REQUEST FOR ANY 30 SENATE BILL 994 7
277	277
278	278
279	279	LAWFUL AND BONA FIDE BUSINESS REASON . 1
280	280
281	281	3–1804. 2
282	282
283	283	(A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS SECTION , 3
284	284	AN EMPLOYER SHALL PA Y AN EMPLOYEE 1 HOUR AT THE EMPLOYEE ’S REGULAR 4
285	285	RATE OF PAY FOR EACH TIME THAT THE EMPLOY ER, AFTER THE WORK SCHED ULE 5
286	286	WAS PROVIDED UNDER § 3–1803(B)(1) OF THIS SUBTITLE: 6
287	287
288	288	(1) ADDS 1 OR MORE HOURS OF WOR K TO THE EMPLOYEE ’S WORK 7
289	289	SCHEDULE; OR 8
290	290
291	291	(2) WITHOUT A REDUCTION OF HOURS OF WORK , CHANGES THE DATE , 9
292	292	TIME, OR LOCATION OF A SHI FT. 10
293	293
294	294	(B) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION , AN 11
295	295	EMPLOYER SHALL PAY T HE EMPLOYEE 50% OF THE EMPLOYEE ’S REGULAR RATE OF 12
296	296	PAY FOR ALL SCHEDULE D WORK HOURS THE EMP LOYEE DOES NOT WORK DUE TO 13
297	297	THE EMPLOYER CANCELI NG OR REDUCING THE E MPLOYEE’S WORK HOURS : 14
298	298
299	299	(1) AFTER THE WORK SCHED ULE WAS PROVIDED UNDER § 15
300	300	3–1803(B)(1) OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR 16
301	301
302	302	(2) AFTER THE EMPLOYEE R EPORTS TO WORK FOR T HE EMPLOYEE ’S 17
303	303	SHIFT. 18
304	304
305	305	(C) AN EMPLOYER IS NOT RE QUIRED TO PAY THE WA GES REQUIRED UNDER 19
306	306	SUBSECTION (A) OR (B) OF THIS SECTION IF T HE CHANGE TO AN EMPL OYEE’S SHIFT 20
307	307	OR SCHEDULED WORK HO URS: 21
308	308
309	309	(1) WAS MADE AT THE WRIT TEN REQUEST OF THE E MPLOYEE, 22
310	310	INCLUDING A REQUEST TO: 23
311	311
312	312	(I) WORK SPECIFIC HOURS OTHER THAN THOSE SCH EDULED BY 24
313	313	THE EMPLOYER ; OR 25
314	314
315	315	(II) USE SICK LEAVE , VACATION LEAVE , PERSONAL DAYS , OR 26
316	316	OTHER LEAVE OFFERED BY THE EMPLOYER; 27
317	317
318	318	(2) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTIO N (D) OF THIS SECTION, IS THE RESULT OF 28
319	319	A VOLUNTARY , MUTUALLY AGREED –ON SHIFT TRADE AMONG EMPLOYEES; OR 29
320	320
321	321	(3) IS DUE TO THE EMPLOY ER BEING UNABLE TO B EGIN OR CONTINUE 30 8 SENATE BILL 994
322	322
323	323
324	324	OPERATIONS DUE TO : 1
325	325
326	326	(I) THE UTILITIES AT THE WOR K LOCATION NOT WORKI NG; 2
327	327
328	328	(II) THE SHUTDOWN OF PUBL IC TRANSPORTATION ; 3
329	329
330	330	(III) A NATURAL DISASTER , INCLUDING A FIRE OR FLOOD; OR 4
331	331
332	332	(IV) AN EMERGENCY DECLARA TION ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT 5
333	333	OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE GOVERNOR. 6
334	334
335	335	(D) (1) FOR THE PURPOSES OF S UBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION , A 7
336	336	SHIFT TRADE INCLUDES AN INSTANCE IN WHICH THE EMPLOYER TRANSMI TS THE 8
337	337	SHIFT TRADE OFFER TO ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYE ES AT THE PREVIOUSLY 9
338	338	SCHEDULED EMPLOYEE ’S REQUEST, IF THE EMPLOYER ’S TRANSMITTAL IS: 10
339	339
340	340	(I) ACCESSIBLE TO ALL EL IGIBLE EMPLOYEES IN THE FORM OF 11
341	341	A MASS COMMUNICATION ; 12
342	342
343	343	(II) TRANSMITTED ELECTRON ICALLY OR IN WRITING AT THE 13
344	344	WORK SITE; AND 14
345	345
346	346	(III) NOT COERCIVE IN ANY WAY. 15
347	347
348	348	(2) THERE IS A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THE PAY 16
349	349	REQUIRED UNDER SU BSECTION (A) OR (B) OF THIS SECTION IS O WED IF THE 17
350	350	EMPLOYER FAILS TO DO CUMENT CONSENT TO TH E SHIFT TRADE. 18
351	351
352	352	3–1805. 19
353	353
354	354	(A) AN EMPLOYEE HAS THE R IGHT TO DECLINE TO W ORK A SHIFT THAT : 20
355	355
356	356	(1) BEGINS LESS THAN 11 HOURS AFTER THE END OF A SHIFT 21
357	357	PREVIOUSLY WORKED BY THE EMPLOYEE ; OR 22
358	358
359	359	(2) IS DURING THE 11–HOUR PERIOD IMMEDIAT ELY FOLLOWING THE 23
360	360	END OF A SHIFT THAT SPANS MORE THAN 1 DAY. 24
361	361
362	362	(B) IF AN EMPLOYEE AGREES IN WRITING TO WORK H OURS THAT OCCUR 25
363	363	DURING A PERIOD DESC RIBED UNDER SUBSECTI ON (A) OF THIS SECTION , THE 26
364	364	EMPLOYER SHALL PAY T HE EMPLOYEE : 27
365	365
366	366	(1) 1.5 TIMES THE EMPLOYEE ’S REGULAR RATE OF PA Y FOR THE 28 SENATE BILL 994 9
367	367
368	368
369	369	HOURS WORKED ; OR 1
370	370
371	371	(2) IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE PAID U NDER ITEM (1) OF 2
372	372	THIS SUBSECTION IS L ESS THAN THE EMPLOYE E WOULD BE PAID FOR 4 HOURS 3
373	373	WORKED AT THE EMPLOYEE’S REGULAR RATE OF PA Y, AN AMOUNT THAT IS AT LEAST 4
374	374	EQUIVALENT TO 4 HOURS PAID AT THE EM PLOYEE’S REGULAR RATE OF PA Y. 5
375	375
376	376	3–1806. 6
377	377
378	378	(A) AN EMPLOYER SHALL GIV E EMPLOYEES NOTICE O F THEIR RIGHTS 7
379	379	UNDER THIS SUBTITLE BY: 8
380	380
381	381	(1) (I) CONSPICUOUSLY POSTIN G NOTICES IN ENGLISH AND 9
382	382	SPANISH AT A LOCATION AT THE WORK SITE THA T IS READILY ACCESSI BLE TO ALL 10
383	383	EMPLOYEES; OR 11
384	384
385	385	(II) IF THE POSTING OF A NOTICE UNDER ITEM (I) OF THIS ITEM 12
386	386	IS NOT PRACTICABLE , PROVIDING THE NOTICE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BAS IS IN A 13
387	387	PHYSICAL FORM O R IN A REASONABLY AC CESSIBLE ELECTRONIC FORMAT; AND 14
388	388
389	389	(2) PROVIDING WRITTEN NO TICE TO A NEW EMPLOY EE OF THE 15
390	390	EMPLOYEE’S RIGHTS AND THE PRO TECTIONS OF THIS SUB TITLE NOT LATER THAN 16
391	391	THE DATE OF THE FIRS T SHIFT WORKED BY TH E EMPLOYEE. 17
392	392
393	393	(B) THE NOTICES REQUIRE D UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION 18
394	394	SHALL INCLUDE : 19
395	395
396	396	(1) THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAY UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF 20
397	397	THIS SUBTITLE; 21
398	398
399	399	(2) A STATEMENT THAT RET ALIATION AGAINST EMP LOYEES WHO 22
400	400	EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT S UNDER THIS SUBTITL E IS PROHIBITED; AND 23
401	401
402	402	(3) A STATEMENT THAT EAC H EMPLOYEE HAS THE R IGHT TO FILE A 24
403	403	COMPLAINT OR BRING A CIVIL ACTION TO ENFO RCE THE EMPLOYEE ’S RIGHTS 25
404	404	UNDER THIS SUBTITLE . 26
405	405
406	406	(C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DE VELOP AND MAKE AVAIL ABLE ONLINE 27
407	407	MODEL WRITTEN NOTICE S THAT EMPLOYERS MAY USE TO COMPLY WITH THIS 28
408	408	SECTION. 29
409	409
410	410	3–1807. 30
411	411	10 SENATE BILL 994
412	412
413	413
414	414	(A) EACH EMPLOYER SHALL : 1
415	415
416	416	(1) RECORD THE WAGES PAI D TO AN EMPLOYEE UND ER §§ 3–1804 2
417	417	AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE IN THE STATEMENT OF EAR NINGS REQUIRED BY § 3
418	418	3–504(A)(2) OF THIS TITLE; AND 4
419	419
420	420	(2) SPECIFY IN THE STATE MENT OF EARNINGS THE TOTA L AMOUNT 5
421	421	OF PAY PAID UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 6
422	422
423	423	(B) IF NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS SUBTITLE , THE COMMISSIONER MAY 7
424	424	REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER TO: 8
425	425
426	426	(1) INCLUDE ADDITIONAL I NFORMATION IN THE ST ATEMENT OF 9
427	427	EARNINGS; AND 10
428	428
429	429	(2) USE ADDITIONAL MEANS TO NOTIFY THE EMPLOY ER’S 11
430	430	EMPLOYEES OF THE INF ORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE S TATEMENT 12
431	431	OF EARNINGS UNDER SU BSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 13
432	432
433	433	3–1808. 14
434	434
435	435	(A) UNLESS EXEMPTED BY RE GULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE 15
436	436	COMMISSIONER , IN ADDITION T O THE REQUIREMENTS U NDER § 3–424 OF THIS 16
437	437	TITLE, EACH EMPLOYER SHALL KEEP, FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS, AN ACCURATE 17
438	438	RECORD OF: 18
439	439
440	440	(1) THE WORK SCHEDULE OF EACH EMPLOYEE ; 19
441	441
442	442	(2) THE SHIFTS WORKED EA CH DAY AND WEEK BY E ACH EMPLOYEE ; 20
443	443
444	444	(3) THE PAY PAID TO EACH EMPLOYEE UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 21
445	445	OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND 22
446	446
447	447	(4) ANY SUBSEQUENT REVIS IONS TO THE WORK SCH EDULE OF EACH 23
448	448	EMPLOYEE. 24
449	449
450	450	(B) THE EMPLOYER SHALL : 25
451	451
452	452	(1) COMPLY WITH ANY REGU LATIONS THAT THE MARYLAND 26
453	453	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ADOPTS REGARDIN G EMPLOYEE RECORD KEEPING; 27
454	454
455	455	(2) MAKE THE RECORDS KEP T UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS 28
456	456	SECTION AVAILABLE FO R INSPECTION BY THE COMMISSIONER TO THE S AME 29 SENATE BILL 994 11
457	457
458	458
459	459	EXTENT AND FOR THE S AME PURPOSES AS RECO RDS ARE MADE AVAILAB LE TO THE 1
460	460	COMMISSIONER UNDER § 3–425 OF THIS TITLE; AND 2
461	461
462	462	(3) ALLOW AN EMPLOYEE TO INSPECT AT ANY REASO NABLE TIME AND 3
463	463	PLACE ANY RECORD KEP T UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION PERT AINING TO 4
464	464	THE EMPLOYEE . 5
465	465
466	466	(C) EACH DAY THAT AN EMPL OYER FAILS TO KEEP A RECORD, FALSIFIES A 6
467	467	RECORD, OR OTHERWISE VIOLATE S THIS SECTION SH ALL CONSTITUTE A SEP ARATE 7
468	468	VIOLATION. 8
469	469
470	470	3–1809. 9
471	471
472	472	(A) IN THIS SECTION , “RETALIATE” MEANS TO ENGAGE IN A NY FORM OF 10
473	473	INTIMIDATION, THREAT, REPRISAL, HARASSMENT , DISCRIMINATION , OR ADVERSE 11
474	474	EMPLOYMENT ACTION , INCLUDING: 12
475	475
476	476	(1) DISCIPLINE; 13
477	477
478	478	(2) DISCHARGE; 14
479	479
480	480	(3) SUSPENSION; 15
481	481
482	482	(4) TRANSFER OR ASSIGNME NT TO A LOWER POSITI ON IN TERMS OF 16
483	483	JOB CLASSIFICATION , JOB SECURITY, OR ANY OTHER CONDITI ON OF EMPLOYMENT ; 17
484	484
485	485	(5) REDUCTION IN PAY OR HOURS ASSIGNED ; 18
486	486
487	487	(6) DENIAL OF ADDITIONAL HOURS; 19
488	488
489	489	(7) INFORMING ANOTHER EM PLOYER THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS 20
490	490	ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIE S PROTECTED BY THIS SUBTITLE; AND 21
491	491
492	492	(8) REPORTING OR THREATE NING TO REPORT THE A CTUAL OR 22
493	493	SUSPECTED CITIZENSHI P OR IMMIGRATION STA TUS OF AN EMPLOYEE , A FORMER 23
494	494	EMPLOYEE, OR A FAMILY MEMBER O F AN EMPLOYEE OR A FORMER EMPLOYEE TO A 24
495	495	FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL AGENCY . 25
496	496
497	497	(B) A PERSON MAY NOT INTER FERE WITH, RESTRAIN, OR DENY THE 26
498	498	EXERCISE OF, OR THE ATTEMPT TO EX ERCISE, ANY RIGHT PROTECTED UNDER THIS 27
499	499	SUBTITLE. 28
500	500
501	501	(C) AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT R ETALIATE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE BEC AUSE 29 12 SENATE BILL 994
502	502
503	503
504	504	THE EMPLOYEE HAS : 1
505	505
506	506	(1) DECLINED TO WORK HOU RS NOT INCLUDED IN A N INITIAL WORK 2
507	507	SCHEDULE; OR 3
508	508
509	509	(2) EXERCISED RIGHTS PRO TECTED UNDER THIS SU BTITLE, 4
510	510	INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO: 5
511	511
512	512	(I) FILE A COMPLAINT UND ER § 3–1810 OF THIS SUBTITLE; 6
513	513
514	514	(II) INFORM ANY P ERSON ABOUT THE EMPL OYER’S ALLEGED 7
515	515	VIOLATION OF THIS SU BTITLE; 8
516	516
517	517	(III) COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OR THE ATTORNEY 9
518	518	GENERAL IN AN INVESTI GATION OF AN ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THIS SU BTITLE; AND 10
519	519
520	520	(IV) INFORM AN INDIVIDUAL REGARDING THE INDIVI DUAL’S 11
521	521	RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUBTIT LE. 12
522	522
523	523	(D) THERE IS A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT AN EMPLOYER HAS 13
524	524	VIOLATED THIS SECTIO N IF THE EMPLOYER TA KES AN ACTION LISTED IN 14
525	525	SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION AGAI NST AN EMPLOYEE WITH IN 90 DAYS AFTER 15
526	526	THE EMPLOYEE : 16
527	527
528	528	(1) FILES A COMPLA INT WITH THE COMMISSIONER UNDER § 3–1810 17
529	529	OF THIS SUBTITLE ALL EGING A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBTITLE OR BRI NGS A CIVIL 18
530	530	ACTION UNDER § 3–1811 OF THIS SUBTITLE; 19
531	531
532	532	(2) INFORMS A PERSON ABO UT AN ALLEGED VIOLAT ION OF THIS 20
533	533	SUBTITLE BY THE EMPL OYER WITH THE EMPLOY ER’S KNOWLEDGE ; 21
534	534
535	535	(3) COOPERATES WITH THE COMMISSIONER OR ANOTH ER PERSON IN 22
536	536	THE INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION OF AN AL LEGED VIOLATION OF T HIS 23
537	537	SUBTITLE BY THE EMPL OYER; 24
538	538
539	539	(4) OPPOSES ANY POLICY , PRACTICE, OR ACT THAT IS UNLAW FUL 25
540	540	UNDER THIS SUBTITLE ; OR 26
541	541
542	542	(5) INFORMS AN INDIVIDUA L OF THE INDIVIDUAL ’S RIGHTS UNDER 27
543	543	THIS SUBTITLE WITH T HE EMPLOYER ’S KNOWLEDGE . 28
544	544
545	545	(E) THE PROTECTIONS AFFOR DED UNDER THIS SECTI ON SHALL APPLY TO 29
546	546	AN EMPLOYEE WHO MIST AKENLY, BUT IN GOOD FAITH , ALLEGES A VIOLATION OF 30 SENATE BILL 994 13
547	547
548	548
549	549	THIS SUBTITLE. 1
550	550
551	551	3–1810. 2
552	552
553	553	(A) (1) A PERSON MAY FILE A CO MPLAINT ALLEGING A V IOLATION OF 3
554	554	THIS SUBTITLE WITH T HE COMMISSIONER . 4
555	555
556	556	(2) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL KE EP CONFIDENTIAL THE IDENTITY 5
557	557	OF A PERSON THAT FIL ES A COMPLAINT UNLES S DISCLOSURE IS NECE SSARY FOR 6
558	558	THE RESOLUTION OF ANY INVESTIGATION OR IS OTHERWISE REQUIRE D BY LAW. 7
559	559
560	560	(3) IF THE COMMISSIONER NEEDS TO DISCLOSE THE IDENTIT Y OF A 8
561	561	PERSON THAT FILES A COMPLAINT, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL , TO THE EXTENT 9
562	562	PRACTICABLE , NOTIFY THE PERSON BE FORE THE DISCLOSURE IS MADE. 10
563	563
564	564	(B) (1) ON RECEIPT OF A COMPL AINT FILED UNDER SUB SECTION (A)(1) 11
565	565	OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SE ND A LETTER TO THE E MPLOYER. 12
566	566
567	567	(2) THE LETTER SHALL : 13
568	568
569	569	(I) STATE THAT THERE IS A COMPLAINT ALLEGING A 14
570	570	VIOLATION OF THIS SU BTITLE FILED AGAINST THE EMPLOYER ; 15
571	571
572	572	(II) STATE THE REQUIREMEN TS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS 16
573	573	SECTION; 17
574	574
575	575	(III) STATE THAT FAILURE T O COMPLY MAY RESULT IN A CIVIL 18
576	576	ACTION SEEKING DAMAG ES, COUNSEL FEES , AND OTHER LEGAL REME DIES; AND 19
577	577
578	578	(IV) INFORM THE EMPLOYER THAT RETALIATION AGA INST AN 20
579	579	EMPLOYEE FOR EXERCISIN G RIGHTS UNDER THIS SECTION IS A BASIS F OR A 21
580	580	PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACT ION SEEKING ADDITION AL MONETARY DAMAGES TO BE 22
581	581	DETERMINED BY A COUR T. 23
582	582
583	583	(C) IF AN EMPLOYER RECEIV ES A LETTER SENT UND ER SUBSECTION (B) OF 24
584	584	THIS SECTION, WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE LETT ER, THE EMPLOYER 25
585	585	SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER : 26
586	586
587	587	(1) PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE ; OR 27
588	588
589	589	(2) AN ACTION PLAN THE E MPLOYER WILL IMPLEME NT TO CORRECT 28
590	590	ANY VIOLATION OF THI S SUBTITLE. 29
591	591	14 SENATE BILL 994
592	592
593	593
594	594	(D) IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMIN ES THAT THIS SUBTITLE H AS BEEN 1
595	595	VIOLATED, THE COMMISSIONER MAY ISSU E AN ORDER: 2
596	596
597	597	(1) REQUIRING THE EMPLOY ER TO: 3
598	598
599	599	(I) COMPLY WITH THIS SUB TITLE; AND 4
600	600
601	601	(II) PAY ANY PAY UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS 5
602	602	SUBTITLE OR OTHER WA GES OWED TO EMPLOYEE S UNDER THIS SUBTITLE; 6
603	603
604	604	(2) IMPOSING A CIVIL PEN ALTY NOT TO EXCEED : 7
605	605
606	606	(I) $200 FOR EACH VIOLATION O F § 3–1803(A) THROUGH (C) OF 8
607	607	THIS SUBTITLE; 9
608	608
609	609	(II) $300 FOR EACH VIOLATION O F §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF 10
610	610	THIS SUBTITLE; AND 11
611	611
612	612	(III) $500 FOR EACH VIOLATION O F §§ 3–1806 THROUGH 3–1809 12
613	613	OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND 13
614	614
615	615	(3) GRANTING ANY OTHER A PPROPRIATE RELIEF , INCLUDING: 14
616	616
617	617	(I) REINSTATEMENT OF EMP LOYMENT; 15
618	618
619	619	(II) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ; 16
620	620
621	621	(III) ACTUAL DAMAGES ; AND 17
622	622
623	623	(IV) AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWICE ANY P AY UNDER 18
624	624	§§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE OR OTHER WAGES OWED TO EMPLOYEES 19
625	625	UNDER THIS SUBTITLE . 20
626	626
627	627	(E) FOR ANY RELIEF ORDERE D UNDER SUBSECTION (D)(2)(I) AND (II) OF 21
628	628	THIS SECTION, THE RELIEF SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR EACH EMP LOYEE AFFECTED BY 22
629	629	THE VIOLATION DURING EACH PAY PERIOD THE VIOLAT ION CONTINUED . 23
630	630
631	631	(F) (1) WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING AN ORDER ISSUED UNDE R 24
632	632	SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION , AN EMPLOYER MAY REQU EST A DE NOVO 25
633	633	ADMINISTRATIVE HEARI NG. 26
634	634
635	635	(2) AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEA RING REQUESTED UNDER PARAGRAPH 27
636	636	(1) OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCO RDANCE WITH TITLE 10, 28 SENATE BILL 994 15
637	637
638	638
639	639	SUBTITLE 2 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 1
640	640
641	641	(3) IF AN EMPLOYER DOES N OT REQUEST A HEARING UNDER 2
642	642	PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER 3
643	643	BECOMES FINAL . 4
644	644
645	645	(4) (I) A FINAL ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER MAY BE A PPEALED 5
646	646	IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 10–222 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 6
647	647
648	648	(II) IF AN EMPLOYER DOES N OT REQUEST JUDICIAL REVIEW OF 7
649	649	A FINAL ORDER WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE ORDER BECOMES FINAL , THE 8
650	650	COMMISSIONER MAY FI LE AN ACTION TO ENFO RCE THE ORDER IN THE CIRCUIT 9
651	651	COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE EMPLOYE R RESIDES OR HAS A P LACE OF 10
652	652	BUSINESS. 11
653	653
654	654	(G) ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 1 EACH YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 12
655	655	POST ON THE WEBSITE OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: 13
656	656
657	657	(1) THE NUMBER AND NATUR E OF COMPLAINTS FILE D UNDER THIS 14
658	658	SECTION; 15
659	659
660	660	(2) THE RESULTS OF ANY I NVESTIGATIONS RELATE D TO A 16
661	661	COMPLAINT; 17
662	662
663	663	(3) THE NUMBER OF ORDERS ISSUED AND PENALTIES IMPOSED 18
664	664	UNDER THIS SECTION ; AND 19
665	665
666	666	(4) THE AVERAGE TIME TAK EN FOR A COMPLAINT T O BE RESOLVED. 20
667	667
668	668	3–1811. 21
669	669
670	670	(A) (1) ANY PERSON ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THIS SU BTITLE MAY 22
671	671	BRING AN ACTION IN A COURT OF COMPETENT J URISDICTION. 23
672	672
673	673	(2) AN ACTION MAY BE BROU GHT WHETHER OR NOT A COMPLAINT 24
674	674	WAS FIRST FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER . 25
675	675
676	676	(3) AN ACTION BROUGHT UNDER THIS S UBSECTION: 26
677	677
678	678	(I) SHALL BE FILED WITHI N 3 YEARS AFTER THE PERS ON KNEW 27
679	679	OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE ALLEGED VIOLA TION; AND 28
680	680
681	681	(II) MAY BE BROUGHT AS A CLASS ACTION IN ACCO RDANCE 29 16 SENATE BILL 994
682	682
683	683
684	684	WITH STATE LAW. 1
685	685
686	686	(B) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, IN AN ACTION 2
687	687	UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION , IF A COURT FINDS THA T AN EMPLOYER 3
688	688	HAS VIOLATED THIS SU BTITLE, THE COURT MAY : 4
689	689
690	690	(I) ISSUE AN ORDER REQUI RING THE EMPLOYER TO COMPLY 5
691	691	WITH THIS SUBTITLE ; AND 6
692	692
693	693	(II) AWARD: 7
694	694
695	695	1. DAMAGES NOT TO EXCEED: 8
696	696
697	697	A. $200 FOR EACH VIOLATION O F § 3–1803(A) THROUGH 9
698	698	(C) OF THIS SUBTITLE; 10
699	699
700	700	B. $300 FOR EACH VIOLATION O F §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 11
701	701	OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND 12
702	702
703	703	C. $500 FOR EACH VIOLATION O F §§ 3–1806 THROUGH 13
704	704	3–1809 OF THIS SUBTITLE ; 14
705	705
706	706	2. REINSTATEMENT OF EMPLOY MENT; 15
707	707
708	708	3. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ; 16
709	709
710	710	4. ACTUAL DAMAGES ; 17
711	711
712	712	5. ANY PAY UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS 18
713	713	SUBTITLE OR OTHER WA GES OWED TO EMPLOYEE S UNDER THIS SUBTITL E PLUS 19
714	714	INTEREST; 20
715	715
716	716	6. AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWICE ANY P AY 21
717	717	UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE OR OTHER WAGES OWED TO 22
718	718	EMPLOYEES UNDER THIS SUBTITLE; AND 23
719	719
720	720	7. REASONABLE ATTORNEY ’S FEES AND OTHER COS TS. 24
721	721
722	722	(2) THE RELIEF AUTHORIZED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 25
723	723	SUBSECTION SHALL BE IMPOSED ON A PER –EMPLOYE E AND PER–INSTANCE BASIS 26
724	724	FOR EACH VIOLATION . 27
725	725
726	726	(3) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS 28 SENATE BILL 994 17
727	727
728	728
729	729	PARAGRAPH , IF A COURT FINDS THA T AN EMPLOYER HAS VI OLATED § 3–1809(B) OF 1
730	730	THIS SUBTITLE OR OTH ERWISE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE , THE 2
731	731	COURT SHALL A WARD ACTUAL DAMAGES AND REINSTATEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT . 3
732	732
733	733	(II) A COURT IS NOT REQUIRE D TO AWARD REINSTATE MENT OF 4
734	734	EMPLOYMENT IF THE EM PLOYEE WAIVES THE RI GHT TO REINSTATEMENT . 5
735	735
736	736	(III) IF THE COURT FINDS TH AT THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN 6
737	737	DISCHARGED IN RETALI ATION FOR EXERCISING RIGHT S UNDER THIS SUBTITL E, FOR 7
738	738	THE PURPOSE OF CALCU LATING ACTUAL DAMAGE S REQUIRED TO BE AWA RDED 8
739	739	UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , THE PERIOD OF VIOLAT ION 9
740	740	BEGINS THE DAY THE E MPLOYEE WAS DISCHARG ED AND ENDS THE DAY BEFORE THE 10
741	741	EMPLOYE E IS REINSTATED OR T HE DAY THE EMPLOYEE AGREES TO WAIVE 11
742	742	REINSTATEMENT . 12
743	743
744	744	(C) IN AN ACTION BROUGHT BY A PERSON OTHER TH AN AN EMPLOYEE , ANY 13
745	745	PAY OR WAGES UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE OR ACTUAL 14
746	746	DAMAGES AWARDED BY T HE COURT SHALL BE PA ID TO THE EMPLOYEES TO WHOM 15
747	747	THE VIOLATION RELATE S. 16
748	748
749	749	3–1812. 17
750	750
751	751	THIS SUBTITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE MARYLAND PREDICTABLE 18
752	752	SCHEDULING ACT. 19
753	753
754	754	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20
755	755	October 1, 2024. 21
756	756