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IntroducedJan 27, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 05, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Employment Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodations - Disabilities Due to Childbirth, Menopause, and Related Medical Conditions
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 06, 2026: Referred Judicial Proceedings
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 536
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 105
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Ebersole
- Kaiser
- Pippy
- Stein
- Acevero
- Edelson
- Kaufman
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Addison
- Embry
- Kerr
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Fair
- Korman
- Queen
- Taveras
- Alston
- Feldmark
- Lehman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Toles
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Rose
- Tomlinson
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Bhandari
- Griffith
- McCaskill
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Boafo
- Guyton
- Metzgar
- Ruff
- Valentine
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Miller
- Ruth
- Vogel
- Buckel
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
- Sample-Hughes
- Watson
- Chang
- Hill
- Moon
- Schindler
- Wells
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Moreno
- Schmidt
- Wilkins
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Shetty
- Wims
- Clippinger
- Howard
- Odom
- Simmons
- Wivell
- Coley
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Simpson
- Wolek
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Smith
- Woorman
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Solomon
- Young
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Spiegel
- Ziegler
NO: 19
Actions
- Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Judicial Proceedings
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (105-19)
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Floor Amendment {223427/1 (Delegate Rose) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments {523826/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 03/04 (Delegate Rose) Adopted
- Mar 02, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m.
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Employment Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodations - Disabilities Due to Childbirth, Menopause, and Related Medical ConditionsPDF
- Amendments {523826/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {223427/1 (Delegate Rose) Adopted (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Employment Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodations - Disabilities Due to Childbirth, Menopause, and Related Medical ConditionsPDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy NotePDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and ElectionsPDF
- Video: Government, Labor, and ElectionsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- GVC Testimony, UNF -- Blum, Danna (Carroll County Chamber of Commerce)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Misra, Dionne
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Jorch, Bill (Maryland Municipal League)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Elliott, Robyn
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Kelly, Ariana (Maryland Commission for Women)
- GVC In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Snyder, Rebecca
- GVC Testimony, FAV -- Smith, Stephanie



