Maryland House Passes Bill Requiring Paid Sick Leave – U.S. News
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland businesses with 15 or more employees would be required to provide paid sick leave, under a measure passed Friday by the state House of Delegates.
The Democrat-controlled House voted 88-51 for the bill, largely along party lines, with 48 Republicans and three Democrats voting against it. The Senate is considering a similar bill.
“This legislation is about this body saying that we know that the burden of illness is never to be compounded by the burden of poverty,” said Del. Luke Clippinger, a Baltimore Democrat who is the bill’s sponsor.
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An analysis by the Maryland Center on Economic Policy estimated that the bill advancing in the legislature would expand paid sick leave to about 512,000 people who currently don’t have it. The analysis estimated the governor’s proposals would extend paid sick leave to 272,000 people.
