Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB141: State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, Baltimore County 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.
What the bill says
An act concerning State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants FOR the purpose of providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for the graduate assistants; and generally relating to collective bargaining for graduate assistants at public institutions of higher education…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants FOR the purpose of providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for the graduate assistants; and generally relating to collective bargaining for graduate assistants 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 (d)(2) 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 2. incorporating the terms of the agreement in a written memorandum of understanding or other written understanding; or (ii) clarifying terms and conditions of employment; (2) administration of terms and conditions of employment; or Ch. 774 2026 LAWS OF MARYLAND (3) the voluntary …
Sponsors
- Linda Foley (D, 15) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor - Chapter 774
- : Passed Enrolled
- : Third Reading Passed (32-11)
- : Third Reading Passed (95-35)
- : Conference Committee Report {153822/1 Adopted
- : Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Beidle and Hershey)
- : Senate Refuses Recede
- : House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wells, Barnes and Solomon)
- : House Requests Senate Recede
- : House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
Votes
- Third Reading Passed (95-35) (April 13, 2026): 95 yea, 35 nay, passed
- Third Reading Passed (32-11) (April 13, 2026): 32 yea, 11 nay, passed
- Third Reading Passed (29-11) (April 9, 2026): 29 yea, 11 nay, passed
- Third Reading Passed (98-34) (March 18, 2026): 98 yea, 34 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB141?
- HB141 is a bill in the Maryland Legislature (2026 Regular Session): State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants.
- What does HB141 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants FOR the purpose of providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for the graduate assistants; and generally relating to collective bargaining for graduate assistants at public institutions of higher education…
- What is the status of HB141?
- Signed into law as of May 26, 2026. Latest action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 774 (May 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB141?
- Linda Foley (D, 15).
- Where is the official record for HB141?
- On the Maryland Legislature website: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0141?ys=2026RS
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