---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits (COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020)"
description: "State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits (COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1663"
citation: "Maryland HB 1663 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-06"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0856fde-d333-4990-9068-3117da986cc1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1663?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "c928fa0af2251e87964697bb000def55899952fe014ad17c20f3be0951d9ea98"
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 1663 (2020) — State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits (COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits (COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_14_hb1663e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits (COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1663e.pdf)
3. **First - State Government - State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency - Authority of Governor (COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1663f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Government – State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency – Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits (COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1663t.pdf)

## Votes

- On third reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **131–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-09** Motion Rules Suspend for Late Introduction (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-09** Motion Rules Suspend to Refer (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-09** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-14** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate Cullison) Adopted
- **2020-03-14** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2020-03-14** Motion Special Order until End Of This Calendar (Delegate Cullison) Adopted
- **2020-03-14** Floor Committee Amendment {
- **2020-03-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Motion Reconsider Second Reading (Delegate Cullison) Adopted
- **2020-03-15** Floor Amendment {
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Kelley) Adopted
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-03-19** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0856fde-d333-4990-9068-3117da986cc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).