---
type: "Bill"
title: "Southern Maryland Code Counties - Collective Bargaining"
description: "Southern Maryland Code Counties - Collective Bargaining"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Maryland HB 443 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acd89ea5-26b3-4108-8656-afe0a8ea2b58"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0443?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "fb0bca9a6329548735099dd5d8b2cf5b74823798377983899af0fdbe9f8b26b4"
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 443 (2020) — Southern Maryland Code Counties - Collective Bargaining

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Southern Maryland Code Counties - Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_209_hb0443t.pdf)
2. **First - Southern Maryland Code Counties - Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0443f.pdf)
3. **Third - Southern Maryland Code Counties - Collective Bargaining** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0443t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **117–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 209 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acd89ea5-26b3-4108-8656-afe0a8ea2b58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).