---
type: "Bill"
title: "State and Local Government and Public Institutions of Higher Education - Teleworking"
description: "State and Local Government and Public Institutions of Higher Education - Teleworking"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Maryland HB 73 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krimm"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-15"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/836da550-bc31-452e-9f61-9cdf12471fde"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0073?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3b3d99f54f3b8143d862c2bcebbb59cf2cbe420f769b259bd0f84a0def1d6124"
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 73 (2021) — State and Local Government and Public Institutions of Higher Education - Teleworking

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State and Local Government and Public Institutions of Higher Education - Teleworking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_696_hb0073t.pdf)
2. **First - State and Local Government and Private Employers – Teleworking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0073f.pdf)
3. **Third - State and Local Government and Public Institutions of Higher Education - Teleworking** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0073t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **100–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krimm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-15** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing 1/27 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-01** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate McIntosh) Adopted
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-06** Hearing canceled
- **2021-04-06** Hearing 4/06 at 2:50 p.m.
- **2021-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 696 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/836da550-bc31-452e-9f61-9cdf12471fde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).