Legislation - HB1509

Title: Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act
Sponsored by: Delegate Harris
Status: In the House - Rereferred to Appropriations
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.

Committees

Original:: Appropriations

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0976

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2025

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/17/2025 Legislative Date 2/17/2025 Action First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Rules and Executive Nominations Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/06/2025 Legislative Date 3/06/2025 Action Rereferred to Appropriations Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/17/2025	2/17/2025	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
			Text - First - Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act
			Vote - House - Committee - Rules and Executive Nominations	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/06/2025	3/06/2025	Rereferred to Appropriations

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