---
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: "SB 771"
citation: "Maryland SB 771 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Rosapepe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3580fdc0-8b0a-4110-bdf8-5bba6c10c9fd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0771?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "49579a14bffa697039e73615e4d3d14f82b572adfe6c22d2d95eee1e9a393df3"
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 771 (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_64_sb0771t.pdf)
2. **First - Unemployment Insurance - Work Sharing (Work Share Expansion Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0771f.pdf)
3. **Third - Unemployment Insurance - Work Sharing (Work Share Expansion Act of 2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0771t.pdf)

## Votes

- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) (Emerg) — **108–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day (Emerg) — **111–13** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Emerg) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-20** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Carey) Adopted
- **2021-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Returned Passed
- **2021-04-13** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 64 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3580fdc0-8b0a-4110-bdf8-5bba6c10c9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).