---
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: "SB 780"
citation: "Maryland SB 780 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/799186f2-d2f9-4f51-9913-3df1baa50fb5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0780?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "df917c959e8ba07dc67d6868af682f7c0d05c2dbc0caaf9c8c5b73be6b2ef447"
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 780 (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_407_sb0780t.pdf)
2. **First - Labor and Employment – Economic Stabilization Act – Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0780f.pdf)
3. **Third - Labor and Employment – Economic Stabilization Act – Revisions** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0780t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **119–6** (pass) · lower
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **91–39** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **43–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-15** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 407 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/799186f2-d2f9-4f51-9913-3df1baa50fb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).