---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act"
description: "State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "Maryland HB 1044 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6f0015a-5d2e-4357-aa09-9e6192ae8b26"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1044?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "f604f18478181e7cc57927054b20849a9b958f3a0bd574bb887938fef6630a9b"
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 1044 (2024) — State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_459_hb1044t.pdf)
2. **First - State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1044f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1044t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **129–3** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** 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.
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **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 459 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6f0015a-5d2e-4357-aa09-9e6192ae8b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).