---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor"
description: "State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1013"
citation: "Maryland HB 1013 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartlett", "Edelson", "Ghrist", "Harris", "Hinebaugh", "Ivey", "J. Lewis", "Metzgar", "Shetty", "Smith", "Solomon", "Wolek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd88b015-8d41-43de-ba2d-7e10008741f1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1013?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d6b53dd4f3f11971e8b352716776e18e9b3ae21c509b8227b2fec866ab17ea88"
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 1013 (2024) — State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_657_hb1013t.pdf)
2. **First - State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1013f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Employees - Paid Sick Leave - Certificate of Illness or Disability Signed by a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1013t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **125–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartlett — primary (person)
- Edelson — primary (person)
- Ghrist — primary (person)
- Harris — primary (person)
- Hinebaugh — primary (person)
- Ivey — primary (person)
- J. Lewis — primary (person)
- Metzgar — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Wolek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-06** Hearing canceled
- **2024-03-06** Hearing 3/07 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Reassigned to Finance
- **2024-03-21** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 657 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd88b015-8d41-43de-ba2d-7e10008741f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).