---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods"
description: "Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 140"
citation: "Maryland HB 140 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charkoudian", "Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c9adec7-7bdd-43bf-9c78-44c2e6a97275"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0140?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "533f19e524c5ccf35e03ff7a9c7047c3e6afa53712636944ee67e0ff0daf64ad"
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 140 (2023) — Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_371_hb0140e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0140e.pdf)
3. **First - Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0140f.pdf)
4. **Third - Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0140t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Charkoudian — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Second Reading Passed
- **2023-03-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2023-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 371 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c9adec7-7bdd-43bf-9c78-44c2e6a97275`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).