---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Hernia"
description: "Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Hernia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 902"
citation: "Maryland HB 902 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pruski", "Rogers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa34756-f81f-430c-b80c-730126a92955"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0902?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "6964b423105bf6c96a825c67968ce940c3a0ffeb38cc628adde4d0f42fef3a08"
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 902 (2023) — Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Hernia

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Hernia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_412_hb0902t.pdf)
2. **First - Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Hernia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0902f.pdf)
3. **Third - Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Hernia** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0902t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Pruski — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daa34756-f81f-430c-b80c-730126a92955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).