---
type: "Bill"
title: "Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Collective Bargaining - Technical Unit MC/PG 114-19"
description: "Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Collective Bargaining - Technical Unit MC/PG 114-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "Maryland HB 1280 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bi-County Agencies", "Collective Bargaining", "District of Columbia", "Higher Education", "Job Training", "Montgomery County", "Prince George's County", "Public Employees", "Unions", "Washington Suburban Sanitary District", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/297184ad-60d4-4489-805a-38dcbfb77aad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1280&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2019rs"
source_hash: "bd385fa4289620f87abf784632ab0e383edd5feffdbbd32e713fda70db294e01"
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 1280 (2019) — Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Collective Bargaining - Technical Unit MC/PG 114-19

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb1280f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **116–17** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George's County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-02-14** Hearing canceled
- **2019-02-14** Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Favorable with Amendments {184968/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading Passed (116-17) `passage`
- **2019-03-20** First Reading Senate Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Rereferred to Finance
- **2019-03-26** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-03-26** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2019-04-02** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned Passed
- **2019-05-13** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 563 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/297184ad-60d4-4489-805a-38dcbfb77aad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).