MarylandMaryland repeals duplicate state-employee bargaining amendment provisions
Maryland repeals duplicate provisions for a proposed state-employee collective-bargaining amendment, while withdrawing them only if voters ratify a separate amendment.
What it does
Maryland repeals duplicate provisions for a proposed state-employee collective-bargaining amendment. Its withdrawal and recall depend on voters ratifying a separate constitutional amendment.
Argument forRemoving duplicate amendment provisions could reduce confusion about which state-employee collective-bargaining proposal voters or officials should use, if the separate amendment is ratified.
Argument againstBecause withdrawal depends on a separate constitutional amendment and voter ratification, the status of the related proposal may remain uncertain until that process is complete.
More detail
Maryland withdraws and repeals Sections 2 through 4 of Chapter 156 of the Acts of 2026. The action covers the duplicate proposed constitutional amendment concerning collective bargaining for Maryland state employees. The withdrawal and recall in Section 1 depend on passage of Section 2 of Chapter 155 and ratification of that constitutional amendment by Maryland voters. The repeal in Section 2 is stated without that voter-ratification condition. The Act takes effect on August 5, 2026, the date it was enacted; the withdrawal and recall apply only after the stated constitutional-amendment passage and ratification conditions are met.
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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
- Aug 5Approved by the Governor Wes Moore - Chapter 882Became Law
- Aug 4Returned Passed
- Vote recorded On Third Reading (Emerg). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Suspended Rule 24 to allow two readings of a bill in the same day. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded On Third Reading (Emerg). Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 4Third Reading PassedPassed Senate
- Aug 4Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Kagan) Adopted
- Aug 4Second Reading Passed
- Aug 4Favorable AdoptedMinor
- Aug 4Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentMinor
- Aug 4Referred Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentMinor
- Aug 4Third Reading PassedPassed House
- Aug 3Second Reading Passed
- Vote recorded FLA Del. Miller /863422/1 Ruled Out of Order Decision of the Chair. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Motion to Suspend Rules from 1st to 2nd Rdg (Emerg). Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 3Decision of the Chair upheld
- Aug 3Appeal of the decision of the Chair (Delegate Buckel)
- Aug 3Ruled Out Of Order
- Aug 3Floor Amendment {
- Aug 3Favorable AdoptedMinor
- Aug 3Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day (Delegate Moon) Adopted
- Aug 3Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and ElectionsMinor
- Aug 3First Reading Government, Labor, and ElectionsMinor
- Jul 29Hearing 8/03 at 12:00 p.m.Introduced
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