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HB0086 • 2026

State and Local Employees - Cancer Screening - Paid Leave

State and Local Employees - Cancer Screening - Paid Leave

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Vogel
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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State and Local Employees - Cancer Screening - Paid Leave

Providing that certain State, county, and municipal employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.

What This Bill Does

  • Providing that certain State, county, and municipal employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m.

  2. 2026-01-14 House

    First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections

  3. 2025-08-13 House

    Pre-filed

  4. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - State and Local Employees - Cancer Screening - Paid Leave

Official Summary Text

Providing that certain State, county, and municipal employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0086*

HOUSE BILL 86
P4, L6, L3 6lr0687
(PRE–FILED)
By: Delegate Vogel
Requested: August 13, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

State and Local Employees – Cancer Screening – Paid Leave 2

FOR the purpose of providing that State , county, and municipal employees are entitled to 3
a certain amount of cancer screening leave with pay under certain circumstances; 4
and generally relating to cancer screening leave for State , county, and municipal 5
employees. 6

BY adding to 7
Article – Local Government 8
Section 1–210 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2013 Volume and 2025 Supplement) 11

BY adding to 12
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 13
Section 9–1110 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 16

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASS EMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18

Article – Local Government 19

1–210. 20

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ALL EMPLOYEES OF A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT 21
OF A COUNTY OR A MUNICIPALITY IN THE STATE. 22

2 HOUSE BILL 86

(B) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION , ON REQUEST , AN 1
EMPLOYEE SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION IS ENTITLED TO CANCER SCREENING LEAVE 2
WITH PAY. 3

(C) AN EMPLOYEE MAY: 4

(1) USE UP TO 4 HOURS OF CANCER SCRE ENING LEAVE IN ANY 5
12–MONTH PERIOD FOR CANCER SCREENING; AND 6

(2) USE CANCER SCREENING LEAVE ONLY AFTER OBT AINING 7
APPROVAL FROM THE EMPLOYEE’S APPOINTING AUTHORITY. 8

(D) THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY SHALL ADOPT 9
PROCEDURES GOVERNING CANCER S CREENING LEAVE, INCLUDING REGULATIONS 10
THAT ESTABL ISH CONDITIONS AND P ROCEDURES FOR REQUES TING AND 11
APPROVING CANCER SCREENING LEAVE. 12

Article – State Personnel and Pensions 13

9–1110. 14

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ALL EMPLOYEES , INCLUDING TEMPORARY 15
EMPLOYEES AND PART –TIME EMPLOYEES , OF ALL UNITS IN THE EXECUTIVE, 16
JUDICIAL, AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF STATE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING ANY 17
UNIT WITH AN INDEPENDENT PERSONNEL SYSTEM. 18

(B) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION , ON REQUEST , AN 19
EMPLOYEE SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION IS ENTITLED TO CANCER SCREENING LEAVE 20
WITH PAY. 21

(C) AN EMPLOYEE MAY: 22

(1) USE UP TO 4 HOURS OF CANCER SCRE ENING LEAVE IN ANY 23
12–MONTH PERIOD FOR CANCER SCREENING; AND 24

(2) USE CANCER SCREENING LEAVE ONLY AFTER OBT AINING 25
APPROVAL FROM THE EMPLOYEE’S APPOINTING AUTHORITY. 26

(D) THE SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT R EGULATIONS GOVERNING CANCER 27
SCREENING LEAVE, INCLUDING REGULATIONS THAT ESTABLISH CON DITIONS AND 28
PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING AND APPROVING CANCER SCREENING LEAVE. 29

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 30
1, 2026. 31