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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers' Compensation - Third-Party Actions - Subsequent Injury Fund"
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description: "Workers' Compensation - Third-Party Actions - Subsequent Injury Fund"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
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legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 979"
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citation: "Maryland SB 979 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Workers' Compensation", "Attorneys' Fees", "Damages", "Prices", "Reimbursement Rates", "Revenue and Taxes", "Workers' Compensation", "Work", "Labor and Employment"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Klausmeier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-05"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3800eec2-c10e-4a70-a3a4-49671784dc36"
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source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB979&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
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source_hash: "427ff409860b5dcdfdd54307d720674108c31b3ee4fd7cfc890d952e1ebda50d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
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---
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# Maryland SB 979 (2018) — Workers' Compensation - Third-Party Actions - Subsequent Injury Fund
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0979f.pdf)
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## Votes
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- On Third Reading — **136–0** (pass) · lower
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- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Klausmeier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-05** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
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- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {567478/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
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- **2018-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-30** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-30** Second Reading Passed
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- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (136-0) `passage`
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- **2018-04-06** Returned Passed
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- **2018-05-08** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3800eec2-c10e-4a70-a3a4-49671784dc36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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