republic-os/legislation/us/states/md/2024/hb-609.md

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Bill	Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act)	Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act)	us/states/md	Maryland General Assembly	2024	HB 609	Maryland HB 609 (2024)	bill		enacted	A. Johnson D. Jones Forbes Harris J. Lewis Ruff S. Johnson Shetty Solomon	4	22	4	2024-01-25	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/427d5e6d-d323-4e42-8e26-45bfe61dc227	http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0609?ys=2024RS&search=True	029039b8af18d6343d5b5a1eea9fe8f3af294662a663b15e3ac04a2084121ffe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-md

Maryland HB 609 (2024) — Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act)

Version chain

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

1. Chapter - Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled - Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act) (committee substitute) — source
3. First - Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act) (committee substitute) — source
4. Third - Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining (Library Workers Empowerment Act) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• On Third Reading — 100–33 (pass) · lower
• FLA Del. Tomlinson /103425/1 — 39–101 (fail) · lower
• On Third Reading (Amend) — 35–12 (pass) · upper
• On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — 98–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Johnson — primary (person)
• D. Jones — primary (person)
• Forbes — primary (person)
• Harris — primary (person)
• J. Lewis — primary (person)
• Ruff — primary (person)
• S. Johnson — primary (person)
• Shetty — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-25 First Reading Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
• 2024-02-01 Hearing canceled
• 2024-02-01 Hearing 2/13 at 12:00 p.m.
• 2024-03-04 Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-05 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-05 Motion Special Order until 3/6 (Delegate Tomlinson) Adopted
• 2024-03-06 Floor Amendment {
• 2024-03-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-03-08 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-03-11 Referred Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment referral-committee
• 2024-03-15 Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
• 2024-04-01 Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-02 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-02 Motion Special Order until 4/3 (Senator Gallion) Adopted
• 2024-04-03 Favorable with Amendments { committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Second Reading Passed with Amendments
• 2024-04-03 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-05 House Concurs Senate Amendments
• 2024-04-05 Third Reading Passed passage
• 2024-04-05 Passed Enrolled
• 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 132 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/427d5e6d-d323-4e42-8e26-45bfe61dc227. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).