---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Labor – Electricians – State Licensing Workgroup"
description: "Department of Labor – Electricians – State Licensing Workgroup"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 994"
citation: "Maryland SB 994 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hershey", "Klausmeier", "McCray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7347838-3a97-4feb-80da-45c8bb74d175"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0994?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "17e8d3ddd730ece4b03908e4677d25f352d316b69adac199f11182d9857f8959"
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 994 (2020) — Department of Labor – Electricians – State Licensing Workgroup

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Department of Labor – Electricians – State Licensing Workgroup** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_591_sb0994t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Electricians Act of 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0994f.pdf)
3. **Third - Department of Labor – Electricians – State Licensing Workgroup** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0994t.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend rules and allow 2 Rdgs on 1 Day — **115–14** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- ON THIRD READING (Rules Suspended) — **106–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hershey — primary (person)
- Klausmeier — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Luedtke) Adopted
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 591 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7347838-3a97-4feb-80da-45c8bb74d175`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).