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HB 1424

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Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act)

Sponsor: Robbyn Lewis (District 46)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDews, ChristopherlobbyistCornerstone Government AffairsPosition only
FAVHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
FAVEdwards, DonnaMaryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVSchwartz, PaulNARFEOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Lewis, J., Delegate Lewis, J.legislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Lewis, J., Delegate Lewis, J.legislatorIndividualOral
FAVJasen, DebiIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLewis, Delegate JazzIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLewis, Delegate JazzIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVNancarrow, EloiseIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFRosa, RichardIndividualPosition only
UNFTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
FWAClark, TiffanyOffice of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDews, ChristopherCornerstone Government AffairsRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance