---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Personnel - Rights and Protections for Nursing Mothers"
description: "State Personnel - Rights and Protections for Nursing Mothers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 306"
citation: "Maryland HB 306 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government - Personnel", "State Government - Agencies", "Offices", "and Officials", "Family Law", "Leave", "Milk Products", "Notices", "Privacy", "Public Employees", "Salaries and Compensation", "State Employees", "Time", "Women", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krimm"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70e297fc-cc4a-4613-b1e9-2f0411dce33a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB306&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "8161a25ce4a04d4bd7fb5fb850bce802bf11851f6e5667124a66bcadd4eedb68"
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 HB 306 (2018) — State Personnel - Rights and Protections for Nursing Mothers

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0306f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Krimm — primary (person)
- A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Barve — cosponsor (person)
- C. Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Ebersole — cosponsor (person)
- Fennell — cosponsor (person)
- Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Hettleman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lam — cosponsor (person)
- Miele — cosponsor (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — cosponsor (person)
- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-19** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Favorable with Amendments {744766/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Floor Amendment {373826/1 (Delegate Rey) Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-02-22** Third Reading Passed (135-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-29** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Favorable with Amendments {547772/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-30** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (137-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70e297fc-cc4a-4613-b1e9-2f0411dce33a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).