Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB6: State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track Faculty
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, researchers, and department heads and those in comparable positions; and establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for nontenure track faculty.
What the bill says
An act concerning State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track Faculty FOR the purpose of providing collective bargaining rights to certain nontenure track faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for certain nontenure track faculty; and generally relating to collective bargaining for nontenure track faculty at public institutions of higher education…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track Faculty FOR the purpose of providing collective bargaining rights to certain nontenure track faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for certain nontenure track faculty; and generally relating to collective bargaining for nontenure track faculty at public institutions of higher education. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - State Personnel and Pensions Section 3-101 and 3-102(b)(9) and (12) and (d)(2) Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - State Personnel and Pensions Section 3-102(b)(10), (11), and (13) Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - State Personnel and Pensions 3-101. (a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) "Board" means the Public Employee Relations Board. (c) "Chancellor" has the meaning stated in § 12-101 of the Education Article. (d) "Collective bargaining" means: (1) good faith negotiations by authorized representatives of employees and their employer with the intention of: (i) 1. reaching an agreement about wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; and Ch. 695 2026 LAWS OF MARYLAND 2. incorporating the terms …
Sponsors
- Benjamin Kramer (D, SD-019) · primary sponsor
- Clarence Lam (D, SD-012)
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor - Chapter 695
- : Returned Passed
- : Third Reading Passed (96-34)
- : Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
- : Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
- : Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- : Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
- : Third Reading Passed (32-12)
- : Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- : Favorable with Amendments {423220/1 Adopted
Votes
- Third Reading Passed (96-34) (April 6, 2026): 96 yea, 34 nay, passed
- Third Reading Passed (32-12) (March 19, 2026): 32 yea, 12 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB6?
- SB6 is a bill in the Maryland Legislature (2026 Regular Session): State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track Faculty.
- What does SB6 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track Faculty FOR the purpose of providing collective bargaining rights to certain nontenure track faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for certain nontenure track faculty; and generally relating to collective bargaining for nontenure track faculty at public institutions of higher education…
- What is the status of SB6?
- Signed into law as of May 26, 2026. Latest action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 695 (May 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB6?
- Benjamin Kramer (D, SD-019), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB6?
- On the Maryland Legislature website: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0006?ys=2026RS
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