MarylandMaryland graduate assistants gain separate workplace bargaining groups
Starting July 1, 2028, eligible graduate assistants at certain Maryland public colleges and universities can bargain together as a separate employee group.
What it does
Starting in 2028, eligible graduate assistants at certain Maryland public colleges and universities can bargain together as their own employee group.
Argument forGraduate assistants could negotiate together about pay, hours, and other job conditions.
Argument againstA separate bargaining group could make it harder for graduate assistants and other campus employees to coordinate workplace negotiations.
More detail
Covered institutions must recognize eligible graduate assistants as a separate group for collective bargaining. This applies at certain public colleges and universities in Maryland. A graduate assistant must be a graduate student in a teaching, administrative, or research assistant role, a comparable position, a fellowship, or a postdoctoral internship. The law takes effect July 1, 2028.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 26Approved by the Governor Wes Moore - Chapter 774Became Law
- Apr 13Passed EnrolledTo Governor
- Apr 13Third Reading PassedMajor
- Apr 13Conference Committee Report {
- Apr 13Third Reading PassedMajor
- Apr 13Conference Committee Report {
- Apr 13Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Beidle and Hershey)
- Apr 13Senate Refuses Recede
- Apr 13Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Beidle and Hershey)
- Apr 13Senate Refuses Recede
- Apr 13House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wells, Barnes and Solomon)
- Apr 13House Requests Senate Recede
- Apr 13House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- Apr 11House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wells, Barnes and Solomon)
- Apr 11House Requests Senate Recede
- Apr 11House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
- Apr 9Third Reading PassedPassed Senate
- Apr 9Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Apr 9Favorable with Amendments {Minor
- Apr 9Favorable with Amendments Report by FinanceMinor
- Apr 2
- Vote recorded On Third Reading and Final Passage (CCR Adp). Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 27
- Vote recorded Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 22
- Vote recorded On Third Reading (Amend). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 19Referred FinanceMinor
- Mar 18Third Reading PassedPassed House
- Mar 17Favorable Adopted Second Reading PassedMinor
- Mar 16Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and ElectionsMinor
- Mar 5
- Vote recorded On Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
- Jan 14First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections and AppropriationsMinor
- 2025
- Jul 23Pre-filedIntroduced
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