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HB 559

WithdrawnCrossfile SB 569
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State Employees - Four-Day Workweek - Implementation

Sponsor: Vaughn Stewart (District 19)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: State Government - PersonnelStatus: Unfavorable Report by Appropriations; Withdrawn (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring, on or before October 1, 2025, the Department of Budget and Management to identify units of State government or functions of State government for which a transition to a 4-day workweek is feasible for 60% of State employees; requiring the Department to implement a 4-day workweek for certain State employees by October 1, 2027; and prohibiting State employees who transition to a 4-day workweek from, as a direct result of the transition, having work hours reduced to less than 36 hours per week or having a reduction in pay or benefits.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list
FAV 12FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGilmore , DeniselobbyistAFSCME MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVCavathas, DimitriosLower Shore ClinicOral + Written (PDF)
FAVColeman, RyanPresident, Randallstown NAACPWritten (PDF)
FAVO'Connor, JoeWork Time Reduction Center of ExcellenceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSteinman, JonWorkFour - 4 Day Week Campaign USWritten (PDF)
FAVReddy, VishalWorkFour, the National Campaign for the Four-Day WorkweekWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Stewart, Delegate StewartlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVFan, WenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only
FAVRiley, DeniselobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVStewart, VaughnIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWertz, RoseIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFVykol-Gray, LauraMaryland Department of Budget and Management OPSBWritten (PDF)
UNFFink, NeldaIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGilmore , DeniseAFSCME MarylandRegistered for: AFSCME Maryland Council 3; AFSCME Council 3
FAVRiley, DeniseRegistered for: American Federation of Teachers - Maryland