---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)"
description: "Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "Maryland HB 39 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lewis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-09-28"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe4c6eb-c4ba-4c21-9d29-c45082e0f4d1"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0039?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "eac83d67327b9620b605de20feaa2726a5fc61ca06f6d7f00d2f244a183a7a49"
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 39 (2024) — Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_881_hb0039e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0039e.pdf)
3. **First - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0039f.pdf)
4. **Third - Residential Service Agencies - Reimbursement - Personal Assistance Services (Homecare Worker Rights Act of 2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0039t.pdf)

## Votes

- FLA Del. Adams /273320/1 — **39–99** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **101–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **98–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Hearing 1/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Motion Special Order until 2/14 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
- **2024-02-14** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-02-14** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-02-20** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 881 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebe4c6eb-c4ba-4c21-9d29-c45082e0f4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).