---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight"
description: "Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1138"
citation: "Maryland HB 1138 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46f03b7c-c27a-4381-ab5b-1c8ff7a15e2c"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1138?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "849f233b3f0ebfb540c142ae087b8c3d7473de29a69f3d9cf2c46c963e756627"
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 1138 (2021) — Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_50_hb1138e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1138e.pdf)
3. **First - Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1138f.pdf)
4. **Third - Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1138t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg/Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- (Emerg) — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Hearing 2/23 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-11** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-03-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 50 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46f03b7c-c27a-4381-ab5b-1c8ff7a15e2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).