State Board of Education - Membership - Educational Support and Administrator Members [HB-923]
[Education ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include an educational support member who is actively working in a public school as a noncertificated, nonsupervisory public school employee and an administrator member that may be a principal, an assistant principal, or any other administrative level professional who is actively working in a public school; and providing for the qualifications, terms, powers, and elections of the new members.
HB-923: State Board of Education - Membership - Educational Support and Administrator Members
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2025
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Part-Time Faculty [SB-750]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain part-time faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for part-time faculty; and prohibiting certain bargaining units from electing to engage in consolidated collective bargaining.
SB-750: State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Part-Time Faculty
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing Canceled on 03/21/2025
State Board of Education – Membership – Educational Support and Administrator Members [SB-712]
[Education ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include an educational support member who is actively working in a public school as a noncertificated, nonsupervisory public school employee and an administrator member, that may be a principal, an assistant principal, or any other administrative level; and providing for the qualifications, terms, powers, and elections of the new members.
SB-712: State Board of Education – Membership – Educational Support and Administrator Members
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
Public Utilities - Nuclear Energy - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Procurement (Decarbonization Infrastructure Solutions Act of 2025) [SB-716]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; including nuclear energy generated by certain nuclear energy reactors as a Tier 1 renewable source; establishing a certified nuclear renewable energy credit for use in meeting certain renewable energy portfolio standard requirements; establishing a procurement process for the Public Service Commission to evaluate and approve an application for nuclear energy generation projects; etc.
SB-716: Public Utilities - Nuclear Energy - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Procurement (Decarbonization Infrastructure Solutions Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-716: Public Utilities - Nuclear Energy - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Procurement (Decarbonization Infrastructure Solutions Act of 2025).
Cannabis Licensees - Bona Fide Labor Organizations and Labor Peace Agreements [SB-726]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Maryland Cannabis Administration to consider certain factors in determining if a labor organization is a "bona fide labor organization"; requiring a cannabis licensee, under certain circumstances, to execute a certain labor peace agreement and to maintain and abide by the agreement; authorizing a certain labor organization to file a protest with the Administration against the renewal of a cannabis license; etc.
SB-726: Cannabis Licensees - Bona Fide Labor Organizations and Labor Peace Agreements
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [SB-673]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program; requiring local school systems to inform current teachers about the Program; requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring the Governor to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill; etc.
SB-673: Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2025
Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp [SB-56]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.
SB-56: Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/24/2025
Approp: Mental Health Budget [SB-58]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.
SB-58: Approp: Mental Health Budget
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/24/2025
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty [HB-661]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for faculty and contingent, contractual, or temporary faculty; and authorizing the bargaining units to combine into a single bargaining unit.
HB-661: State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
SB-494: Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-494: Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices.
Making Appropriations For Public Employment Cost Items. [HB-1439]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Makes an appropriation for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining. (CD1)
HB-1439: Making Appropriations For Public Employment Cost Items.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura
Act 127, On 05/29/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1227). on 05/29/2025
State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes [HB-599]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the collective bargaining process between the State and uniformed fire employees of the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department by requiring the parties to reach a collective bargaining agreement on or before September 30 of the year in which the collective bargaining agreement will expire; and establishing a process of binding arbitration in the event of an impasse.
HB-599: State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew C. Pruski
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 654 on 05/20/2025
Relating To Legislative Employees. [HB-1236]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repeals staff of the legislative branch of the State from the list of individuals not included in any appropriate bargaining unit. Specifies that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each have one vote if they have employees in a particular bargaining unit for the purposes of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
HB-1236: Relating To Legislative Employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy A. Perruso
Referred To Lmg/lab, Fin, Referral Sheet 4 on 01/27/2025
Relating To Private Sector Collective Bargaining Rights. [SB-1523]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Expands the types of employees protected by the Hawaii Employment Relations Act to include independent contractors and all individuals subject to the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-1523: Relating To Private Sector Collective Bargaining Rights.
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry J.C. Aquino
Re-referred To Lbt, Jdc/wam. on 02/12/2025
Approp: Mental Health Budget [HB-55]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and capital expenses of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program; and providing for an effective date.
HB-55: Approp: Mental Health Budget
Sponsored by: Rep.
Returned To Governor For Permanent Filing on 07/30/2025
Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp [HB-53]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
HB-53: Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp
Sponsored by: Rep.
Signed Into Law 6/12 Chapter 10 Sla 25 on 06/16/2025
Relating To Vessels In State Commercial Harbors. [SB-1402]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Clarifies that the requirements for the securing of mooring lines in state commercial harbors shall not apply to fishing vessels, government-owned or government-sponsored vessels, tour boats, and training vessels. (HD2)
SB-1402: Relating To Vessels In State Commercial Harbors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi
Act 177, On 06/06/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1277). on 06/06/2025
Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act [SB-434]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; altering the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from clean energy sources in certain years under the clean energy portfolio standard; altering the contents of and approval criteria for an application for an offshore wind project; establishing a process for the Public Service Commission to review and approve an application for a proposed nuclear energy generation project; etc.
SB-434: Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act [HB-501]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to waive the license examination requirement for a journey plumber license; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to waive the examination for certain licenses; altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to market and advance the registered apprenticeship system throughout the State; etc.
HB-501: Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025