Legislation - HB0205

Title: Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information
Sponsored by: Delegate Solomon
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Finance
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

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.

Committees

Original:: Appropriations Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Finance

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Details

Cross-filed with: SB0124

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0900 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 10/31/2024 Legislative Date 10/31/2024 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/08/2025 Legislative Date 1/08/2025 Action First Reading Appropriations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/17/2025 Legislative Date 1/17/2025 Action Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/24/2025 Legislative Date 1/24/2025 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/24/2025 Legislative Date 1/24/2025 Action Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Appropriations Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2025 Legislative Date 3/10/2025 Action Favorable Report by Appropriations Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/11/2025 Legislative Date 2/27/2025 Action Favorable Adopted Proceedings 39CClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/11/2025 Legislative Date 2/27/2025 Action Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Grammer) Adopted Proceedings 39CClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2025 Legislative Date 3/03/2025 Action Committee Amendment {933328/1 Adopted Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2025 Legislative Date 3/03/2025 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 43 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/14/2025 Legislative Date 3/04/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (134-1) Proceedings 44 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/17/2025 Legislative Date 2/28/2025 Action Referred Finance Proceedings 48 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	10/31/2024	10/31/2024	Pre-filed
House	1/08/2025	1/08/2025	First Reading Appropriations
			Text - First - Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information
House	1/17/2025	1/17/2025	Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m.
House	1/24/2025	1/24/2025	Hearing canceled
House	1/24/2025	1/24/2025	Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Appropriations	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/10/2025	3/10/2025	Favorable Report by Appropriations
House	3/11/2025	2/27/2025	Favorable Adopted	39CClick to view Recorded Media
House	3/11/2025	2/27/2025	Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Grammer) Adopted	39CClick to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2025	3/03/2025	Committee Amendment {933328/1 Adopted	43 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2025	3/03/2025	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	43 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information
House	3/14/2025	3/04/2025	Third Reading Passed (134-1)	44 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/17/2025	2/28/2025	Referred Finance	48 Click to view Recorded Media

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