Collective Bargaining
Alaska 34th Legislature
School/university Employee Health Insur [HB-29]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to group insurance coverage and self-insurance coverage for school district employees, employees of the University of Alaska, and employees of other governmental units in the state; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mia C. Costello
Sponsor Substitute Introduced on 04/30/2025
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Port Of Southcentral Ak; Port Authority [HB-7]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
An Act relating to the Port of Southcentral Alaska; establishing the Port of Southcentral Alaska Authority to manage and operate the Port of Southcentral Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher
Prefile Released 1/10/25 on 01/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2025 [SB-288]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Altering the collective bargaining process for State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee all aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse, and providing that certain decisions of a neutral arbitrator are advisory; requiring that each budget bill contain the appropriations necessary to implement all terms and conditions of employment in certain memoranda of understanding for the next ensuing fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/14/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Legislative Employees. [SB-105]
[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Lbt, Jdc/wam. on 01/16/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules. [HB-131]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city or urban-county government may control work hours in lieu of the specified schedules.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Lee Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.24) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants [HB-211]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at a system institution, Morgan State University, or St Mary's College of Maryland; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at a system institution, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Finance on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations [SB-231]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Elections ]
Repealing the condition that must be met for a certain exclusive representative to meet with a new employee by video or similar technology; altering certain requirements for the deputy directors appointed by the Public Employee Relations Board; and altering certain procedures regarding the timing of exclusive representation elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 607 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 609 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming and the conduct of Internet gaming in the State; requiring an Internet gaming licensee to require individuals to provide proof of the registration in order to participate in Internet gaming; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information [HB-205]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring an employer to include all regularly scheduled hours; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; and authorizing a firefighter or their exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Referred Finance on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Declaration of Rights - Right to Organize [HB-37]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishing every person employed in the State of Maryland has the fundamental right to organize and collectively bargain concerning compensation, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means; and providing that the Constitutional amendment proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State or adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations [HB-266]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Repealing the condition that must be met for a certain exclusive representative to meet with a new employee by video or similar technology; providing that a certain employee organization has the right to membership dues deductions until the employee organization ceases to be the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit; altering certain requirements for the deputy directors appointed by the Public Employee Relations Board; and altering certain procedures regarding the timing of exclusive representation elections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2025 [HB-159]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
Altering the collective bargaining process for certain State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee all aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse, and providing that certain decisions of a neutral arbitrator are advisory; requiring that each budget bill contain the appropriations necessary to implement all terms and conditions of employment in certain memoranda of understanding for the next ensuing fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information [SB-124]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring an employer to include all regularly scheduled hours, regardless of whether earned or accrued leave was use; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; and authorizing a firefighter or their exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 1/16 At 3:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates [SB-166]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants and postdoctoral associates at a system institution, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland; and establishing separate collective bargaining units for the graduate assistants and postdoctoral associates.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products [SB-1122]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to submit certain reports and plans to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program in the Department of Natural Resources on or before certain dates; requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to conduct a drinking water survey by September 30, 2025, and submit a report of the survey to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program by December 31, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information [SB-1117]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; and authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Solar Energy and Energy Storage - Development and State Procurement [HB-1328]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to solar energy development and land conservation and preservation; requiring the owner or operator of a certain solar energy generating station to plant and maintain a certain cover crop on certain land and submit a certain vegetation management plan to a certain entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian M. Crosby
First Reading Economic Matters And Appropriations on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Personnel - Correctional Services - Employee Pay and Benefits [HB-1305]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring that employees of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services supporting a State correctional facility who serve in the classification of lieutenant, captain, major, or case management supervisor or manager receive proportionate pay increases that are otherwise limited to certain bargaining unit employees; and requiring that these employees of the Department receive retention and longevity benefits that are limited to other classifications if the employee would otherwise be eligible for the benefits.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-1319]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; authorizing the Governor, on recommendation of the Commission, to enter into certain multijurisdictional Internet gaming agreements; providing that certain payments to certain former video lottery employees may not be subtracted from the calculation of a certain benefit; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024