---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation - Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences"
description: "Workers' Compensation - Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "Maryland SB 403 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' Compensation", "Education - Miscellaneous", "Counties", "Education", "Boards of", "Fees", "Reimbursement Rates", "Students", "Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Middleton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/599e71e0-dd5d-4b0c-a10d-38f072c79365"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB403&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "4f878510e7f38aaa58d41da30ab8262ec674bfb71adfbcaf14b00e221f650721"
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 403 (2018) — Workers' Compensation - Students in Unpaid Work-Based Learning Experiences

## 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/sb/sb0403f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **132–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-02-15** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-02-20** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2018-02-21** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-04-06** Third Reading Passed (132-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Returned Passed
- **2018-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 208 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/599e71e0-dd5d-4b0c-a10d-38f072c79365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).