---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Personnel and Pensions - Maryland Whistleblower Law - Department of Juvenile Services Employees"
description: "State Personnel and Pensions - Maryland Whistleblower Law - Department of Juvenile Services Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1514"
citation: "Maryland HB 1514 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acevero", "Barron", "Cain", "Carr", "Ebersole", "Feldmark", "Guyton", "Ivey", "Love", "Moon", "P. Young", "Palakovich Carr", "R. Lewis", "Shetty", "Stewart", "Terrasa", "Washington", "Wilkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90a45ff9-be31-43f0-9d18-f3d8eaf77ac7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1514?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4595b3b690e27f1ea98a6ce21b3dbbe76f7c0fee9e820524c083c9a8ff00df91"
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 1514 (2020) — State Personnel and Pensions - Maryland Whistleblower Law - Department of Juvenile Services Employees

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Personnel and Pensions - Maryland Whistleblower Law - Department of Juvenile Services Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_483_hb1514t.pdf)
2. **First - State Personnel and Pensions - Maryland Whistleblower Law - Department of Juvenile Services Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1514f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Personnel and Pensions - Maryland Whistleblower Law - Department of Juvenile Services Employees** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1514t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Acevero — primary (person)
- Barron — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Carr — primary (person)
- Ebersole — primary (person)
- Feldmark — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)
- P. Young — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Terrasa — primary (person)
- Washington — primary (person)
- Wilkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-16** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 483 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90a45ff9-be31-43f0-9d18-f3d8eaf77ac7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).