---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation - Third-Party Actions - Subsequent Injury Fund"
description: "Workers' Compensation - Third-Party Actions - Subsequent Injury Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "Maryland SB 979 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' Compensation", "Attorneys' Fees", "Damages", "Prices", "Reimbursement Rates", "Revenue and Taxes", "Workers' Compensation", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3800eec2-c10e-4a70-a3a4-49671784dc36"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB979&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "427ff409860b5dcdfdd54307d720674108c31b3ee4fd7cfc890d952e1ebda50d"
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 979 (2018) — Workers' Compensation - Third-Party Actions - Subsequent Injury Fund

## 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/sb0979f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {567478/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** 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
- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3800eec2-c10e-4a70-a3a4-49671784dc36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).