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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)"
+description: "Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 777"
+citation: "Maryland SB 777 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Salling"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb64d621-4825-46f1-9d94-8dbf55064f46"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0777?ys=2026RS"
+source_hash: "0b9f0447ba0db3ce9d47c08cb88728ff9d8e11d45a3bad92e81e7a0d8a5e805d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland SB 777 (2026) — Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chapter - Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_298_sb0777e.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0777e.pdf)
+3. **First - Labor and Employment - Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0777f.pdf)
+4. **Third - Labor and Employment - Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0777t.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading (Amend) — **131–2** (pass) · lower
+- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Salling — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed
+- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-03-24** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
+- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
+- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb64d621-4825-46f1-9d94-8dbf55064f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+