---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maryland Department of Labor – Unemployment Insurance – Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements"
description: "Maryland Department of Labor – Unemployment Insurance – Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 998"
citation: "Maryland HB 998 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Fisher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c5111c9-99f7-4212-bb34-d041d56df28d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0998?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "1a3124103127cf67b7c1fed62cf00e7edd257a01a069e8d3904276981807bf1d"
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 998 (2024) — Maryland Department of Labor – Unemployment Insurance – Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Maryland Department of Labor – Unemployment Insurance – Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_285_hb0998t.pdf)
2. **First - Maryland Department of Labor – Unemployment Insurance – Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0998f.pdf)
3. **Third - Maryland Department of Labor – Unemployment Insurance – Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0998t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **133–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Fisher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-04-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c5111c9-99f7-4212-bb34-d041d56df28d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).