---
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: "2024"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "Maryland SB 485 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfe602f2-4d64-4916-a154-b9337bd82ae2"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0485?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "cd8a123b37e7bf527a6190ff74905119eac0f12bb2a734e50243371f74f014eb"
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 SB 485 (2024) — 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/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_266_sb0485t.pdf)
2. **First - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0485f.pdf)
3. **Third - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0485t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **33–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **101–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-09** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/16 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfe602f2-4d64-4916-a154-b9337bd82ae2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).