SB777Introduced in the Senate
Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)
Introduced by Johnny Salling, District 6
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Altering the program the Maryland Department of Labor is required to establish for the retraining and placement of certain hospital employees; requiring the Department to allocate money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to local workforce development boards under certain circumstances; altering certain workforce development programs to require inclusion of local workforce boards; requiring the Department to provide funding to local workforce boards; requiring local workforce boards to provide certain grants; etc.
Where it stands
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298
April 28, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
2 recorded votes · each counted separately
SenateStage: Third Reading Passed · April 13, 2026
43
Yes
0
No
4
Absent or Not Voting
47 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mike McKay | 1 | Yes |
| Paul Corderman | 2 | Yes |
| Karen Lewis Young | 3 | Yes |
| William Folden | 4 | Yes |
| Justin Ready | 5 | Yes |
| Johnny Salling | 6 | Yes |
| J.B. Jennings | 7 | Yes |
| Carl Jackson | 8 | Yes |
| Katie Hester | 9 | Yes |
| Benjamin Brooks | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
First Reading Finance and Budget and Taxation
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
Favorable Report by Finance
Favorable Adopted
Second Reading Passed
Third Reading Passed (42-0)
Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Health
Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
Favorable with Amendments {273122/1 Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
Third Reading Passed (131-2)
Senate Concurs House Amendments
Third Reading Passed (43-0)
Passed Enrolled
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298
Verify the information
- Official page on the Maryland Legislature website
- Favorable with Amendments 273122/1 Adopted (amendment)
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Finance (supplement)
- Vote - Senate - Committee - Budget and Taxation (supplement)
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and Elections (supplement)
- Vote - House - Committee - Health (supplement)
- Introduced (text)
- Engrossed (text)
- Enrolled (text)
- Chaptered (text)
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