Legislation - SB0976

Title: Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act
Sponsored by: Senator Lam
Status: In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis

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:: Finance

Details

Cross-filed with: HB1509

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 Senate Calendar Date 2/03/2025 Legislative Date 1/28/2025 Action First Reading Finance Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/06/2025 Legislative Date 2/06/2025 Action Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	2/03/2025	1/28/2025	First Reading Finance
			Text - First - Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act
Senate	2/06/2025	2/06/2025	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.

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