---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Civil Penalties - Alterations"
description: "Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Civil Penalties - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 244"
citation: "Maryland HB 244 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-09-18"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4376ea3-0259-485a-a209-1352299575cf"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0244?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d7821deb56844a47ab5bbe8c805b888c86aab8825487f6dd03a42ecb4a3c2c23"
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 244 (2024) — Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Civil Penalties - Alterations

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Civil Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_104_hb0244t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Civil Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0244f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Civil Penalties - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0244t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **102–36** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–12** (pass) · upper
- FLA Del. Hartman /393829/1 — **38–100** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-18** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Motion Special Order until 2/14 (Delegate Hartman) Adopted
- **2024-02-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-02-14** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-27** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 104 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4376ea3-0259-485a-a209-1352299575cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).