# Maryland HB 1424: Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act)

Maryland HB 1424, Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act), is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by J. Lewis; status signed, last action 2025-04-22 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland HB 1424
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act)
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Last action: 2025-04-22, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97
- Sponsor: J. Lewis
- Cosponsors: 50
- Subjects: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials, Appropriations, Attorney General, Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets, Civil Rights and Social Equity, Committees and Commissions, Consumer Protection, Data -see also- Census; Demographics, Disclosure, Emergency Bills, Emergencies -see also- Pandemics, Federal Government, Fraud -see also- Forgery, General Assembly -see also- AELR Cmte; LegislativePolCmte, Governor, Health -see also- COVID19; EnvHlth; MedCon; etc., Human Rights -see also- Civil Rights and Social Equity, Immigrants and Citizenship -see also- Residency, Intergovernmental Cooperation -see also- AdmAgn; Cmts; etc., Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest, Investments -see also- Securities, Labor, Department of, Loans -see also- Credit; Mortgages; Scholarships&SFA, Mortgages, Natural Resources -see also- Coal; For&Pks; Rivers; etc., Notices, Public Employees -see also- State Employees, Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records, Reports, Residency -see also- Immigrants and Citizenship, Retirement -see also- Mandatory Retirement, Revenue and Taxes -see also- (specific tax), Safety -see also- Occupational Safety, Salaries and Compensation -see also- Overtime; Reimb. Rates, Scholarships and Student Financial Aid, State Employees, Studies -see also- Commitees & Commissions; Reports, Sunset, Unemployment, Work, Labor, and Employment -see also- JobTrn; Leave; etc.
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (314 yes, 192 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 5

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Faster state hiring for former federal workers: benefit, medium. The law creates a faster hiring program for Maryland State Personnel Management System vacancies, starting with critical and hard-to-fill jobs. Applicants must have left federal service after January 15, 2025, and have experience relevant to the job. Federal service includes probationary work; appl…
- No-interest loans for Maryland federal workers: benefit, medium. Maryland residents can get no-interest loans through the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund. Current federal workers must be required to work without pay during a shutdown caused by a funding lapse after January 1, 2025. Former workers must have been terminated on or after January 1,…
- Hardship funding for former federal workers: benefit, low. Maryland’s Catastrophic Event Account may help former federal workers facing hardship after federal closures, relocations, mass layoffs, or similar events. Existing appropriations must be unable to address that hardship. The account may also cover related state and local government costs, but not r…
- Stronger legal tools against harmful federal actions: benefit, low. Maryland’s Attorney General may investigate and bring or defend civil or criminal cases over federal actions or inaction threatening residents’ welfare. This includes unpaid federal workers, certain federal job separations, and residents allegedly denied earned federal benefits. The authority also…
- More sharing of worker loan information: mixed, low. Beginning April 22, 2025, Maryland may share tax information with its Department of Labor for the worker loan fund. Sharing must be necessary to run the fund, prevent fraudulent claims, or detect and prevent avoidance of required repayment. The department may also share applicant information with o…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: J. Lewis
- Cosponsor: Gabriel Acevero (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Allen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marlon Amprey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ben Barnes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dylan Behler (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Adrian Boafo (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jon S. Cardin (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark S. Chang (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Luke Clippinger (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dana Jones (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Edelson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kris Fair (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jessica Feldmark (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Linda Foley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Catherine M. Forbes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Pam Lanman Guzzone (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Harris
- Cosponsor: Andrea Fletcher Harrison (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Anne Healey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marvin E. Holmes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Julian Ivey (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aaron M. Kaufman (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Marc Korman (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aletheia McCaskill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bernice Mireku-North (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Moon (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cheryl E. Pasteur (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew C. Pruski (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Robbyn Lewis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Denise Roberts (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Malcolm P. Ruff (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew J. Schindler (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Emily Shetty (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Gary Simmons (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jared Solomon (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan Spiegel (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dana Stein (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vaughn Stewart (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jen Terrasa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Karen Toles (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kriselda Valderrama (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joe Vogel (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Courtney Watson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Melissa Wells (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jennifer White Holland (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nicole A. Williams (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sarah Wolek (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie Ziegler (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 33 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 34 | 13 |   |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 105 | 33 | 3 |
| 2025-03-11 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 103 | 36 | 1 |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Floor Amendment {883624/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected | fail | 39 | 97 |   |

## Actions (31)

- 2025-04-22: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97
- 2025-04-07: Passed Enrolled (House)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (33-13) (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Conference Committee Report {403420/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (105-33) (House)
- 2025-04-07: Conference Committee Report {403420/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-04-07: Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Rosapepe and Jennings) (House)
- 2025-04-07: Senate Refuses Recede (House)
- 2025-04-07: Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Guzzone, Rosapepe and Jennings) (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Senate Refuses Recede (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, J. Lewis and Ivey) (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: House Requests Senate Recede (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barnes, J. Lewis and Ivey) (House)
- 2025-04-07: House Requests Senate Recede (House)
- 2025-04-07: House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments (House)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (34-13) (Senate)
- 2025-04-05: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-04-05: Favorable with Amendments {383121/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-04-05: Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Referred Budget and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Third Reading Passed (103-36) (House)
- 2025-03-11: Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate Ghrist) Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-05: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House)
- 2025-03-05: Floor Amendment {883624/1 (Delegate Buckel) Rejected (39-97) (House)
- 2025-03-04: Motion Special Order until 03/05 (Delegate Buckel) Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-04: Favorable with Amendments {583227/1 Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-03: Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations (House)
- 2025-02-13: Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-02-07: First Reading Appropriations (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_97_hb1424e.pdf)
- Enrolled, 2025-04-07: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1424e.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-05: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1424t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-02-07: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1424f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_97_hb1424e.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1424e.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1424t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1424f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1424-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).