Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB921 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb0921
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 921
8	8	P4 5lr2409
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10	10	By: Delegate J. Lewis
11	11	Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2025
12	12	Assigned to: Appropriations
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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	State Employees – Colleague Bereavement Leave 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of providing that certain State employees are entitled to a certain amount 3
21	21	of colleague bereavement leave with pay under certain circumstances; prohibiting 4
22	22	certain State entities from requiring certain State employees to use certain paid 5
23	23	leave under certain circumstances; and generally relating to colleague bereavement 6
24	24	leave for State employees. 7
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26	26	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
27	27	Article – State Personnel and Pensions 9
28	28	Section 9–1101 10
29	29	Annotated Code of Maryland 11
30	30	(2024 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
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32	32	BY adding to 13
33	33	Article – State Personnel and Pensions 14
34	34	Section 9–1110 15
35	35	Annotated Code of Maryland 16
36	36	(2024 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
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38	38	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
39	39	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
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41	41	Article – State Personnel and Pensions 20
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43	43	9–1101. 21
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45	45	Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, this subtitle applies to all employees 22
46	46	in the State Personnel Management System, except temporary employees. 23
47	47	2 HOUSE BILL 921
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50	50	9–1110. 1
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52	52	(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ALL EMPLOYEES , INCLUDING TEMPORARY 2
53	53	EMPLOYEES, IN THE EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF 3
54	54	STATE GOVERNMENT , INCLUDING ANY UNIT W ITH AN INDEPENDENT P ERSONNEL 4
55	55	SYSTEM. 5
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57	57	(B) AN EMPLOYEE SUBJECT T O THIS SECTION IS EN TITLED TO COLLEAGUE 6
58	58	BEREAVEMENT LEAVE WITH PAY. 7
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60	60	(C) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , AN EMPLOYEE 8
61	61	MAY USE UP TO 5 DAYS OF COLLEAGUE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE IMMEDIATELY 9
62	62	FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A COLLEAGUE WHO IS EMPLOYED BY THE S AME AGENCY 10
63	63	AS THE EMPLOYEE IF: 11
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65	65	(I) THE COLLEAGUE’S DEATH OCCURS ON THE JOB; AND 12
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67	67	(II) THE EMPLOYEE WORKS I N CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE 13
68	68	COLLEAGUE WHO DIED. 14
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70	70	(2) AN EMPLOYEE MAY USE COLLEAGUE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE ON LY 15
71	71	AFTER NOTIFYING THE EMPLOYEE’S APPOINTING AUTHORI TY OF THE EMPLOYEE ’S 16
72	72	INTENTION TO USE CO LLEAGUE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE . 17
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74	74	(3) AN EMPLOYEE ’S APPOINTING AUTHORI TY MAY NOT REQUIRE A N 18
75	75	EMPLOYEE ENTITLED TO USE CO LLEAGUE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE UNDER 19
76	76	PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION T O USE ANY OTHER PAID LEAVE AVAILABLE 20
77	77	TO THE EMPLOYEE . 21
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79	79	(D) THE SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT REGULATION S GOVERNING CO LLEAGUE 22
80	80	BEREAVEMENT LEAVE . 23
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82	82	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 24
83	83	October 1, 2025. 25