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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb1491* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1491 |
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| 8 | 8 | | P4, L6 5lr3592 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF SB 895 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Harrison |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 12, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Employment – Wages – Deductions for Public Employees 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of applying to governmental employers certain provisions of the Maryland 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Wage Payment and Collection Law that prohibit an employer from making 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | deductions from the wage of an employee except for specified purposes; allowing a 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | governmental employer to make a deduction from a public employee’s wage if the 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | deduction is authorized expressly in a compensation or benefit plan adopted by the 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | employer; and generally relating to wage deductions under the Maryland Wage 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Payment and Collection Law. 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Article – Labor and Employment 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 3–503 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2016 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | Article – Labor and Employment 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3–503. 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION, “EMPLOYER” INCLUDES A GOVERNMEN TAL UNIT. 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) An employer may not make a deduction from the wage of an employee unless 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the deduction is: 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction; 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 1491 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) authorized expressly in writing by the employee; 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) allowed by the Commissioner because the employee has received full 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | consideration for the deduction; [or] 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (4) AUTHORIZED EXPRESSLY IN A COMPENSATION OR BENEFIT PLAN 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, SUCH AS A SUPPLEMENT AL RETIREMENT PLAN , ADOPTED 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | BY A GOVERNMENTAL UN IT; OR 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | [(4)] (5) otherwise made in accordance with any law or any rule or 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | regulation issued by a governmental unit. 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | October 1, 2025. 10 |
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