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HB 205

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Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information

Sponsor: Jared Solomon (District 18)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: Private Sector Labor and IndustryStatus: First Reading Finance (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring an employer to include all regularly scheduled hours; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; and authorizing a firefighter or their exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVFannon, JoshuaBaltimore Fire Officers IAFF Local 964Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVNash, KatielobbyistEnergy AdvocacyWritten (PDF)
FAVNolder, AdamHoward County Professional Fire Fighters - IAFF Local 2000Written (PDF)
FAVEdwards, DonnaMaryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVBuddle, JeffreyProfessional Fire Fighters of MarylandOral
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Solomon, Delegate SolomonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSolomon, Delegate JaredIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWalker, GrantIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFAnderson, KarringtonMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFJorch, BillMaryland Municipal LeagueWritten (PDF)
UNFElrich, MarcMontgomery County GovernmentWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVNash, KatieEnergy AdvocacyRegistered for: Jenoptik; Career Firefighter Association of Frederick County; Vistra Corporate Services Company; Ivory Investments, LLC; Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.; Sunrun, Inc.