---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - Revisions"
description: "Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1018"
citation: "Maryland HB 1018 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D.E. Davis", "Harrison", "W. Fisher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6807d4c3-b732-416f-87d8-198ecc675b4e"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1018?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2b39266ddd1bc16d6bf03006aca8a46e48946b8762d1531788bb7feb4fabb7a4"
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 1018 (2020) — Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - Revisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_406_hb1018t.pdf)
2. **First - Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1018f.pdf)
3. **Third - Labor and Employment - Economic Stabilization Act - Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1018t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **97–41** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D.E. Davis — primary (person)
- Harrison — primary (person)
- W. Fisher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 406 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6807d4c3-b732-416f-87d8-198ecc675b4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).