Labor Law - Child Labor Penalties, Private Sector Employee Labor Relations, and State Employee Labor Standards

Summary

The bill creates steep civil fines for employers who illegally employ minors and for repeat violations, and makes it a misdemeanor to break those rules. It also prevents Maryland employers from forming labor organizations that are exempt from the federal NLRA, and gives private‑sector employees a path to bring representation and unfair‑labor‑practice petitions before the Public Employee Relations Board. Finally, it bars any executive‑branch unit of the state from applying for a federal Fair Labor Standards Act waiver.

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Hearings

• Government, Labor, and Elections — Bill Hearing
  Government, Labor, and Elections · Mar 12, 2026

History

1. Mar 23, 2026Referred Finance
2. Mar 21, 2026Third Reading Passed
3. Mar 20, 2026Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4. Mar 20, 2026Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
5. Mar 20, 2026Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
6. Mar 20, 2026Favorable with Amendments {
7. Mar 2, 2026Hearing canceled
8. Mar 2, 2026Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
9. Feb 20, 2026Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
10. Feb 13, 2026First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

Sponsors

• Clippinger · sponsor
• Fair
• Lehman
• Ruth
• Solomon
• Stewart
• Terrasa
• Wells
• Wilson

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