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type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)"
description: "Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 417"
citation: "Maryland SB 417 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lam"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf3411bf-5a3e-47ed-bc23-284f4ae9fa72"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0417?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "575a430659251ecbf7805365c61b1756605326b81e94ec092d529ea5f1184406"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---
# Maryland SB 417 (2026) — Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Chapter - Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_221_sb0417t.pdf)
2. **First - Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0417f.pdf)
3. **Third - Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0417t.pdf)
## Votes
- On Third Reading — **3112** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **9637** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lam — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-29** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-19** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator West) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-20** Motion Laid Over (Senator Gallion) Adopted
- **2026-03-20** Floor Amendment {
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Motion Special Order until 04/03 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 221 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf3411bf-5a3e-47ed-bc23-284f4ae9fa72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).