Legislation - SB0084

Title: State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants
Sponsored by: Senators Kramer and Lam
Status: In the House - Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student who is a teaching, administrative, or research assistant or in a comparable position, a fellow, or a postdoctoral intern; and establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for the graduate assistants.

Committees

Original:: Finance Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Government, Labor, and Elections Click to view Recorded Media; Appropriations

Committee Testimony

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Details

Cross-filed with: HB0141

Introduced in a prior session as: SB0166 Session: 2025 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 10/10/2025 Legislative Date 10/10/2025 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/14/2026 Legislative Date 1/14/2026 Action First Reading Finance Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/20/2026 Legislative Date 1/20/2026 Action Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Finance Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2026 Legislative Date 3/23/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2026 Legislative Date 3/06/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments {893924/1 Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2026 Legislative Date 3/06/2026 Action Motion Laid Over (Senator Corderman) Adopted Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2026 Legislative Date 3/07/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments {893924/1 Adopted Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2026 Legislative Date 3/07/2026 Action Floor Amendment {963528/1 (Senator Corderman) Rejected Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2026 Legislative Date 3/07/2026 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/23/2026 Legislative Date 3/08/2026 Action Third Reading Passed (30-11) Proceedings 47 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/24/2026 Legislative Date 3/11/2026 Action Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Appropriations Proceedings 48AClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/26/2026 Legislative Date 3/26/2026 Action Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections) Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
Senate	10/10/2025	10/10/2025	Pre-filed
Senate	1/14/2026	1/14/2026	First Reading Finance
			Text - First - State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants
Senate	1/20/2026	1/20/2026	Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Finance	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/23/2026	3/23/2026	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
Senate	3/23/2026	3/06/2026	Favorable with Amendments {893924/1	45 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/23/2026	3/06/2026	Motion Laid Over (Senator Corderman) Adopted	45 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/23/2026	3/07/2026	Favorable with Amendments {893924/1 Adopted	46 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/23/2026	3/07/2026	Floor Amendment {963528/1 (Senator Corderman) Rejected	46 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/23/2026	3/07/2026	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	46 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants
Senate	3/23/2026	3/08/2026	Third Reading Passed (30-11)	47 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/24/2026	3/11/2026	Referred Government, Labor, and Elections Appropriations	48AClick to view Recorded Media
House	3/26/2026	3/26/2026	Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)

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