---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods"
description: "Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Maryland SB 136 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1a1fb61-2e84-4194-a153-c96f92586d06"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0136?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "74d5a6a61929cf1a95c577fdb0c5286566323ef3a7b52114c10f199fa1ff4e69"
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 136 (2023) — Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_370_sb0136t.pdf)
2. **First - Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0136f.pdf)
3. **Third - Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Limitation and Methods** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0136t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Klausmeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-14** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Referred Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 370 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1a1fb61-2e84-4194-a153-c96f92586d06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).