Thirty Maryland senators today overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s 2017 veto of a sick-leave bill, requiring employers across Maryland to give hundreds of thousands of workers paid time off for medical reasons.
The Senate voted 30-17 to overturn Hogan’s decision to scrap the bill last year, which means the bill will become law within 30 days. The measure, proposed by Baltimore Del. Luke Clippinger in the House of Delegates and a coalition of lawmakers in the Senate, requires firms with 15 or more employees to give full-timers five days of paid sick leave annually, and businesses with 14 or fewer employees to let employees accrue unpaid sick leave.
The House voted 88-52 to override Hogan’s veto on Thursday.
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