SB 777 — Labor and Employment - Workforce Development - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement Program and Workforce Development and Local Workforce Development Boards (Local Workforce Solutions Investment Act)
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-02-06
Altering the program the Maryland Department of Labor is required to establish for the retraining and placement of certain hospital employees; requiring the Department to allocate money from the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund to local workforce development boards under certain circumstances; altering certain workforce development programs to require inclusion of local workforce boards; requiring the Department to provide funding to local workforce boards; requiring local workforce boards to provide certain grants; etc.
Latest action: — Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298
Sponsors (1)
- Johnny Ray Salling (R, MD-6) — sponsor · 2026-02-06
Action timeline (9)
- · senate — First Reading
- · senate — Second Reading — Passed
- · senate — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — Hearing — Finance
- · house — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
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Connected on the graph
4 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 4 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (4)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | House health | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House government, labor, and elections | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate budget and taxation | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | Senate finance | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Ray Salling (R, state_upper MD-6) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
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Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House health · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House government, labor, and elections · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate budget and taxation · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate finance · md-leg