---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dorchester County - Definition of Public School Employee - Alteration"
description: "Dorchester County - Definition of Public School Employee - Alteration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Maryland HB 1409 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dorchester County Delegation"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7081b2-48d6-46e3-89d2-a4e462179b8d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1409?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4910300cb1e81e472d215658da7446c3445032733659fcc01d4fba9472821c8e"
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 1409 (2024) — Dorchester County - Definition of Public School Employee - Alteration

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Dorchester County - Definition of Public School Employee - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_381_hb1409t.pdf)
2. **First - Dorchester County - Definition of Public School Employee - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1409f.pdf)
3. **Third - Dorchester County - Definition of Public School Employee - Alteration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1409t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dorchester County Delegation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** First Reading Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-13** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-13** Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-13** Favorable Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 381 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd7081b2-48d6-46e3-89d2-a4e462179b8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).