--- type: "Bill" title: "Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information" description: "Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information" jurisdiction: "us/states/md" legislature: "Maryland General Assembly" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 532" citation: "Maryland HB 532 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"] version_count: 3 action_count: 13 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2026-01-27" last_action: "2026-04-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/737b0561-ba4d-453d-abaa-782ca9755400" source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0532?ys=2026RS" source_hash: "2fcf61a3782e562002abc3fa520741286ef3a2482504cff6151bcf91549ab10b" 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 532 (2026) — Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Chapter - Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_182_hb0532t.pdf) 2. **First - Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0532f.pdf) 3. **Third - Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb0532t.pdf) ## Votes - On Third Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper - On Third Reading — **119–8** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Solomon — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-27** First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee` - **2026-02-09** Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. - **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-03-20** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed with Amendments - **2026-03-21** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee` - **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-04-08** Second Reading Passed - **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage` - **2026-04-10** Returned Passed - **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 182 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/737b0561-ba4d-453d-abaa-782ca9755400`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).