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HOUSE BILL 141
P4, F5 (6lr0645)
ENROLLED BILL
— Government, Labor, and Elections and Appropriations/Finance —
Introduced by Delegate Foley
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
_______ day of _______________ at __ ______________________ o’clock, ________M.
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Speaker.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
State Personnel – Collective Bargaining – Graduate Assistants 2
FOR the purpose of providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at 3
certain public institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective 4
bargaining unit for the graduate assistants; and generally relating to collective 5
bargaining for graduate assistants at public institutions of higher education. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 8
Section 3–101 and 3–102(b)(9) and (d)(2) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 11
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
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Article – State Personnel and Pensions 1
3–101. 2
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 3
(b) “Board” means the Public Employee Relations Board. 4
(c) “Chancellor” has the meaning stated in § 12–101 of the Education Article. 5
(d) “Collective bargaining” means: 6
(1) good faith negotiations by authorized representatives of employees and 7
their employer with the intention of: 8
(i) 1. reaching an agreement about wages, hours, and other 9
terms and conditions of employment; and 10
2. incorporating the terms of the agreement in a written 11
memorandum of understanding or other written understanding; or 12
(ii) clarifying terms and conditions of employment; 13
(2) administration of terms and conditions of employment; or 14
(3) the voluntary adjustment of a dispute or disagreement between 15
authorized representatives of employees and their employer that arises under a 16
memorandum of understanding or other written understanding. 17
(e) “Employee organization” has the meaning stated in § 22 –101 of the State 18
Government Article. 19
(f) “Exclusive representative” has the meaning stated in § 22 –101 of the State 20
Government Article. 21
(g) (1) “Faculty at the Mar yland School for the Deaf” means employees who 22
have been granted the following status by the Board of Trustees of the Maryland School for 23
the Deaf: 24
(i) after–school program counselors; 25
(ii) American Sign Language specialists; 26
(iii) athletic trainers; 27
(iv) behavior specialists; 28
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(v) clerical aides; 1
(vi) dorm counselors; 2
(vii) employment specialists; 3
(viii) instructional technology resource specialists; 4
(ix) librarians; 5
(x) literacy and reading specialists; 6
(xi) occupational therapists; 7
(xii) orientation and mobility specialists; 8
(xiii) physical therapists; 9
(xiv) school counselors; 10
(xv) school IEP coordinators; 11
(xvi) school nurses; 12
(xvii) school social workers; 13
(xviii) speech–language pathologists; 14
(xix) student support specialists; 15
(xx) teachers; 16
(xxi) teacher aides; 17
(xxii) transition coordinators; and 18
(xxiii) work–to–learn specialists. 19
(2) “Faculty at the Maryland School for the Deaf” does not include officers 20
or supervisory employees at the Maryland School for the Deaf. 21
(H) “GRADUATE ASSISTANT” MEANS A GRADUATE STU DENT AT A SYSTEM 22
INSTITUTION, MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, OR ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF 23
MARYLAND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK OR THE UNIVERSITY 24
OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY WHO IS A TEACHING , ADMINISTRATIVE, OR 25
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RESEARCH ASSISTANT O R IN A COMPARABLE PO SITION, A FELLOW , OR A 1
POSTDOCTORAL INTERN. 2
[(h)] (I) “President” means: 3
(1) with regard to a constituent institution, as defined in § 12 –101 of the 4
Education Article, the president of the constituent institution; 5
(2) with regard to a center or institute, as those terms are defined in § 6
12–101 of the Education Article, the president of the center or institute; 7
(3) with regard to the University System of Maryland Office, the 8
Chancellor of the University System of Maryland; and 9
(4) with regard to Morgan State University, St. Mary’s College of 10
Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College, the president of the institution. 11
[(i)] (J) “System institution” means: 12
(1) a constituent institution, as defined in § 12 –101 of the Education 13
Article; 14
(2) a center or institute, as those terms are defined in § 12 –101 of the 15
Education Article; and 16
(3) the University System of Maryland Office. 17
3–102. 18
(b) This title does not apply to: 19
(9) an employee of the University System of Maryland, Morgan State 20
University, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, or Baltimore City Community College who is: 21
(i) a chief administrator or in a comparable position; 22
(ii) a deputy, associate, or assistant administrator or in a 23
comparable position; 24
(iii) a member of the faculty, including a faculty librarian; 25
(iv) [a] AN UNDERGRADUATE student employee [, including a 26
teaching assistant or a comparable position, fellow, or post doctoral intern ], EXCEPT FOR 27
A GRADUATE ASSISTANT; 28
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(v) a contingent, contractual, temporary, or emergency employee , 1
EXCEPT FOR A GRADUATE ASSISTANT; 2
(vi) a contingent, contractual, or temporary employee whose position 3
is funded through a research or service grant or contract, or through clinical revenues , 4
EXCEPT FOR A GRADUATE ASSISTANT; or 5
(vii) an employee whose regular place of employment is outside the 6
State of Maryland; 7
(d) (2) (i) Each system institution, Morg an State University, St. Mary’s 8
College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College shall have separate 9
bargaining units. 10
(ii) Appropriate bargaining units shall consist of: 11
1. all eligible nonexempt employees, as described in the 12
federal Fair Labor Standards Act, except eligible sworn police officers; 13
2. all eligible exempt employees, as described in the federal 14
Fair Labor Standards Act; [and] 15
3. all eligible sworn police officers; AND 16
4. ALL ELIGIBLE GRADUATE ASSISTANTS. 17
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 18
1, 2026 2028. 19
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.