---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance – Federal Extended Benefits for Long–Term Unemployment"
description: "Unemployment Insurance – Federal Extended Benefits for Long–Term Unemployment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Maryland HB 253 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carey", "Charkoudian", "Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb575e4e-8331-4820-9b4b-40d34ed98ee5"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0253?ys=2022RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4b479a87d4521ff8ed7faac6fbacac2011514b1a29efe72ff916374e8f14a2ec"
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 253 (2022) — Unemployment Insurance – Federal Extended Benefits for Long–Term Unemployment

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Unemployment Insurance – Federal Extended Benefits for Long–Term Unemployment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_652_hb0253t.pdf)
2. **First - Unemployment Insurance – Federal Extended Benefits for Long–Term Unemployment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0253f.pdf)
3. **Third - Unemployment Insurance – Federal Extended Benefits for Long–Term Unemployment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0253t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **97–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Morgan /213523/1 — **37–96** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carey — primary (person)
- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2022-02-21** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Motion Special Order until 2/23 (Delegate Ghrist) Adopted
- **2022-02-23** Floor Amendment {
- **2022-02-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-02-25** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Second Reading Passed
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Returned Passed
- **2022-05-29** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 652 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb575e4e-8331-4820-9b4b-40d34ed98ee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).