---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave"
description: "State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "Maryland HB 1503 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b460f167-ef37-46f4-9b72-1f8c0f4042f7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1503?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d9ebc955372f0d94c719f815a99c858270e5f855e1985636922ac926b6626d4f"
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 1503 (2025) — State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_606_hb1503e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1503e.pdf)
3. **First - State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1503f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Personnel - Paid Family and Medical Leave** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1503t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–38** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **29–13** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **102–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chair, Appropriations Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-03-10** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Barnes) Adopted
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b460f167-ef37-46f4-9b72-1f8c0f4042f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).