republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2018/sb-859.md

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Bill	State Employees – Parental Leave	State Employees – Parental Leave	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2018	SB 859	Maryland SB 859 (2018)	bill	State Government - Personnel Administrative Agencies Adoption - see also- Parents and Guardians Budget and Management Department of Child Care Committees and Commissions Leave Parents and Guardians Pregnancy Reports Rules and Regulations Salaries and Compensation State Employees Work Labor and Employment	enacted	Ferguson	1	30	5	2018-02-05	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2da8bd6d-a908-43d9-83dd-b48439d4e921	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB859&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs	9bdb4a930a88be12587de5b5f50e27b98d6c79f15721db73aeec06b87524fa60	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland SB 859 (2018) — State Employees – Parental Leave

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 — 34–10 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 36–11 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading — 47–91 (fail) · lower
• On Third Reading — 96–41 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp) — 100–40 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ferguson — primary (person)
• Benson — cosponsor (person)
• Currie — cosponsor (person)
• Feldman — cosponsor (person)
• Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
• Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
• Mathias — cosponsor (person)
• Middleton — cosponsor (person)
• Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Zucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05 First Reading Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {987378/1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Special Order until later today (Senator Hough) Adopted
• 2018-03-16 Favorable with Amendments {987378/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-16 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-03-19 Third Reading Passed (36-11) passage
• 2018-03-20 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 Hearing 4/03 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-03-29 Hearing canceled
• 2018-03-29 Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2018-04-03 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Favorable with Amendments {114467/1 Report Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-03 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2018-04-04 Floor Amendment {743028/1 (Delegate Arentz) Rejected (47-91) amendment-failure
• 2018-04-04 Third Reading Passed with Amendments (96-41) passage
• 2018-04-09 Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
• 2018-04-09 Senate Requests House Recede
• 2018-04-09 Conference Committee Appointed
• 2018-04-09 Senators Astle, Reilly, and Klausmeier
• 2018-04-09 House Refuses to Recede
• 2018-04-09 Conference Committee Appointed
• 2018-04-09 Delegates A. Miller, Korman, and Vogt
• 2018-04-09 Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (34-10) passage
• 2018-04-09 Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2018-04-09 Third Reading Passed (100-40) passage
• 2018-04-09 Passed Enrolled
• 2018-05-15 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2da8bd6d-a908-43d9-83dd-b48439d4e921. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).