republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/hb-197.md

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Bill	Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown	Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	HB 197	Maryland HB 197 (2024)	bill		enacted		3	13	2	2023-09-28	2024-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8bedada8-dc42-44bc-b130-8e88a43bc501	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0197?ys=2024RS&search=True	72f0ce30c00172f4e2963a2ba2ae7328a69fee6ccd87bed68cee37e37363c94c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 197 (2024) — Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown (committee substitute) — source
2. First - Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown (committee substitute) — source
3. Third - Unemployment Insurance - Work Search Requirement - Exemption for Federal Civilian Employees During a Federal Government Shutdown (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 104–32 (pass) · lower
• On Third Reading — 34–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chair, Economic Matters Committee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2023-09-28 Pre-filed introduction
• 2024-01-10 First Reading Economic Matters referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-12 Favorable Report by Economic Matters committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-12 Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-14 Referred Finance referral-committee
• 2024-03-25 Favorable Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Favorable Adopted committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Second Reading Passed
• 2024-03-27 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-28 Returned Passed
• 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 102 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8bedada8-dc42-44bc-b130-8e88a43bc501. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).