---
type: "Bill"
title: "Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act"
description: "Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Maryland HB 176 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-31"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/002db34f-6cf5-44e3-ae47-fb478c51d6ef"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0176?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "daa78eef6050e588c7746debcb603de09457672f5d5074e6a71c91d1c8f73511"
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 176 (2025) — Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_609_hb0176e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0176e.pdf)
3. **First - Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Revisions (Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0176f.pdf)
4. **Third - Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0176t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **135–4** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **138–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-08** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Motion Special Order until End Of This Calendar (Delegate Barnes) Adopted
- **2025-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Enrolled
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/002db34f-6cf5-44e3-ae47-fb478c51d6ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).