---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)"
description: "Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 777"
citation: "Maryland SB 777 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salling"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb64d621-4825-46f1-9d94-8dbf55064f46"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0777?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "0b9f0447ba0db3ce9d47c08cb88728ff9d8e11d45a3bad92e81e7a0d8a5e805d"
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 SB 777 (2026) — Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_298_sb0777e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0777e.pdf)
3. **First - Labor and Employment - Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0777f.pdf)
4. **Third - Labor and Employment - Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0777t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **131–2** (pass) · lower
- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2026-03-23** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-11** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb64d621-4825-46f1-9d94-8dbf55064f46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).