---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employee Relations Act"
description: "Public Employee Relations Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 984"
citation: "Maryland HB 984 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Forbes", "Harris", "J. Lewis", "Reznik", "Smith", "Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05a9cc56-8a08-467b-b593-857a1f2e5c65"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0984?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "137b6d102c207c764e2173a77cbfe5e7076de92a64d513f7aed7525b7cd38d55"
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 984 (2023) — Public Employee Relations Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Employee Relations Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_114_hb0984e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Employee Relations Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0984e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Employee Relations Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0984f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Employee Relations Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0984t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Forbes — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reznik — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-28** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Rereferred to Finance
- **2023-04-06** Reassigned to Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-04-24** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05a9cc56-8a08-467b-b593-857a1f2e5c65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).