---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates"
description: "State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 983"
citation: "Maryland HB 983 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guzzone", "Martinez", "R. Lewis", "White Holland", "Woods"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58c93bf4-af64-49b4-b30f-b479cec9d600"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0983?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "21de903478f6636336e7a4e65cc8ae62afe802d7e6c8094afb7b6568988f0bcb"
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 983 (2024) — State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_631_hb0983e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0983e.pdf)
3. **First - State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0983f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0983t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **106–31** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **101–32** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **37–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/05 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-05** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-05** Hearing 3/05 at 12:30 p.m.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 631 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58c93bf4-af64-49b4-b30f-b479cec9d600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).