---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - Parental Bereavement Leave"
description: "State Employees - Parental Bereavement Leave"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 52"
citation: "Maryland HB 52 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-02"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b258bbd2-cd1d-424d-b8d3-aa1136ddf8cd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0052?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "4383298a1bf19b4dcac212db3e52929fc9c6c5f236724cb22912eee6a4c6534b"
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 52 (2024) — State Employees - Parental Bereavement Leave

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Employees - Parental Bereavement Leave** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_419_hb0052e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - State Employees - Parental Bereavement Leave** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0052e.pdf)
3. **First - State Employees - Parental Bereavement Leave** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0052f.pdf)
4. **Third - State Employees - Parental Bereavement Leave** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0052t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stewart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-02** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-02-15** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** 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`
- **2024-04-02** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-09** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 419 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b258bbd2-cd1d-424d-b8d3-aa1136ddf8cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).