republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/hb-1542.md

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Bill	Department of Commerce – Employment in the State’s Defense Industry – Study	Department of Commerce – Employment in the State’s Defense Industry – Study	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	HB 1542	Maryland HB 1542 (2018)	bill	Taxes - Income Economic and Community Development Private Sector Labor and Industry Armed Forces Commerce Department of Grants Industry and Technology Labor Licensing and Regulation Department of Nonprofit Organizations Public Corporations and Instrumentalities Reports State Employees Sunset Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Work Labor and Employment	enacted	Lisanti	1	16	3	2018-02-09	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/63eebbb5-3731-4ab4-9776-dff84ee347a2	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1542&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	f90af9fb9cea3d16bcb00911b4d8b2fff1b66a71a668b9bae8c027c52e82dc37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 1542 (2018) — Department of Commerce – Employment in the State’s Defense Industry – Study

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 134–1 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 135–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lisanti — primary (person)
• Carey — cosponsor (person)
• Chang — cosponsor (person)
• Dumais — cosponsor (person)
• Jalisi — cosponsor (person)
• Jameson — cosponsor (person)
• K. Young — cosponsor (person)
• P. Young — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-09 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2018-02-09 Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-14 Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-14 Favorable with Amendments {623892/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-14 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-15 Third Reading Passed (134-1) passage
• 2018-03-16 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2018-03-26 Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-04 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Favorable with Amendments {317372/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-06 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (44-0) passage
• 2018-04-07 House Concur - Senate Amendments
• 2018-04-07 Third Reading Passed (135-0) passage
• 2018-04-07 Passed Enrolled
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 795 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63eebbb5-3731-4ab4-9776-dff84ee347a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).