State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes [HB-599]
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 by September 30 of the year in which the collective bargaining agreement will expire; 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. Andrew Pruski
Referred Finance on 03/14/2025
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State Personnel - Job Sharing Arrangements and Tri-Position Identification Number System (Maryland Workforce Retention, Recruitment, and Reentry Act) [HB-520]
Establishing, to the extent practicable, a certain Tri-Position Identification Number (Tri-PIN) system that is applicable to the Executive Branch of State government; requiring certain appropriate officials in State government to review vacant positions occurring on or after October 1, 2025, for potential placement into a Tri-PIN system that enables positions to be filled with part-time employees under a certain job sharing arrangement or a full-time employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits [SB-396]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits; altering the circumstances under which certain individuals are eligible for certain disability benefits; and authorizing certain 9-1-1 specialists to become members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System as employees of a participating governmental unit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Third Reading Passed (44-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes [SB-373]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Referred Appropriations on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Prescription Drug Benefits - Retirees [HB-356]
Authorizing certain retirees who began State service before July 1, 2011, to be eligible for prescription drug benefits in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program; specifying that prescription drug benefits shall be discontinued for certain Medicare-eligible retirees who began State service on or after July 1, 2011, and their Medicare-eligible spouses and dependent children; repealing three Maryland State Retiree Prescription Drug programs that provide coverage and assistance to certain retirees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Tax Relief and State Personnel Equality for Service Members Act [SB-278]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing personnel, pensions, and taxation to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Appropriations Ways And Means on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2025 [SB-288]
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 McCray
Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Employees of an Office of a Sheriff [SB-271]
Providing that an employee of the office of a sheriff of a county or Baltimore City is immune from liability under the Maryland Tort Claims Act in the same manner as a sheriff or deputy sheriff.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Referred Judiciary on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants [HB-211]
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]
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.
Referred Appropriations on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits [HB-76]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits; altering the circumstances under which certain individuals are eligible for certain disability benefits; and authorizing certain 9-1-1 specialists to become members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System as employees of a participating governmental unit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Favorable With Amendments Report By Appropriations on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations [HB-266]
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.
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]
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
Referred Budget And Taxation Finance on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates [SB-166]
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 Kramer
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Personnel - Transfer of Employees in the Department of Transportation Human Resources Management System to the State Personnel Management System [HB-1520]
Transferring employees of the Department of Transportation Human Resources Management System to the State Personnel Management System; and repealing the Department's Human Resources Management System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Relations – Protections Against Discrimination – Genetic Procedures [HB-1422]
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Hearing 3/08 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Personnel - Correctional Services - Employee Pay and Benefits [HB-1305]
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
State Agency Workforce Policy for the 21st Century Act [HB-1044]
Repealing the requirement that an appointing authority send a copy of the selection plan and job announcement to the Secretary of Budget and Management at least 1 week before posting a job announcement; and repealing the requirement that the appointing authority wait until after the close of a position announcement to review qualified applicants.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 459 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Facilities - Procedures for Changes and Closures - Definition and Reporting [HB-1138]
Specifying that requirements for purchasing, leasing, changing the use of, or closing State facilities apply to facilities owned, leased, or operated for the purpose of providing benefits to clients; and requiring the Department of Human Services, on or before August 1, 2024, to submit a report on any State facility owned, leased, or operated by the Department for the purpose of providing benefits to clients that was closed on or after January 1, 2023, to certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Personnel - Maryland Department of Health - Pay Rates [HB-983]
Increasing the number of certain bargaining units for the purpose of specifying certain pay rates for certain employees of the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring that the pay rates of certain Department employees who are in certain bargaining units and who work at certain facilities be equal to certain pay rates of the employees who work at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 631 on 05/09/2024