---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications"
description: "Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 988"
citation: "Maryland HB 988 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Embry", "Qi", "R. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e00421a-d24e-4164-8f87-684d12d853be"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0988?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a5454fc2fbf7b8c8cb8f1580019cc896b7d9f0c792d5160e8680b8da645b0f41"
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 988 (2023) — Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_258_hb0988t.pdf)
2. **First - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0988f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0988t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Embry — primary (person)
- Qi — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Motion Special Order until 4/4 (Delegate Griffith) Adopted
- **2023-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2023-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Referred Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rereferred to Finance
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 258 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e00421a-d24e-4164-8f87-684d12d853be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).