2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB1509: Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act

Legislative Summary

Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.

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Bill History

2/17/2025
First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
House of Delegates
3/6/2025
Rereferred to Appropriations
House of Delegates
3/21/2025
Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/24/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
3/24/2025
Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
3/26/2025
Hearing canceled
House of Delegates
3/26/2025
Hearing 3/26 at 2:30 p.m.
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/17/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Appropriations(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Kevin Harris
Kevin Harris
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/18/2025222.6 KB
Vote Image
Vote Image1/1/197052.9 KB