---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance - Work Sharing (Work Share Expansion Act of 2021)"
description: "Unemployment Insurance - Work Sharing (Work Share Expansion Act of 2021)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Maryland HB 1143 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbcf7c1d-7aef-47f4-abfa-a76bf4987da7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1143?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0b8949adc54eed4ec752481d586a6ce4f06981a7a494b250234993e0037d3ea5"
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 1143 (2021) — Unemployment Insurance - Work Sharing (Work Share Expansion Act of 2021)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Unemployment Insurance - Work Sharing (Work Share Expansion Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_54_hb1143t.pdf)
2. **First - Unemployment Insurance - Work Sharing (Work Share Expansion Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1143f.pdf)
3. **Third - Unemployment Insurance - Work Sharing (Work Share Expansion Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1143t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **137–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** 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 Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-09** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 54 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbcf7c1d-7aef-47f4-abfa-a76bf4987da7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).