State Finance and Procurement - Employers Receiving State Public Funds - Unfair Labor Practices

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HOUSE BILL 1307
P2, K3 6lr1202

By: Delegate Wilson
Introduced and read first time: February 12, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

State Finance and Procurement – Employers Receiving State Public Funds – 2
Unfair Labor Practices 3

FOR the purpose of requiring certain employers that receive at least a certain amount of 4
State public funds, as a conditio n of receiving the funds, to agree not to engage in 5
certain unfair labor practices and to make other related agreements and 6
acknowledgements; authorizing the State to recapture certain funds received by an 7
employer who violates certain agreements; authorizing an employee who believes 8
that an employer has violated certain provisions of this Act to file a complaint with 9
the Attorney General; requiring the Attorney General to investigate certain 10
complaints; authorizing the Attorney General to bring a certain a ction and seek 11
certain damages for a violation of certain provisions of this Act ; and generally 12
relating to labor practices of employers receiving State public funds. 13

BY adding to 14
Article – State Finance and Procurement 15
Section 2–902 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 18

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20

Article – State Finance and Procurement 21

2–902. 22

(A) IN THIS SECTION, “EMPLOYER” HAS THE MEANING STATED IN 29 U.S.C. 23
§ 152. 24

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(B) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO AN EMPLOYER SUBJECT TO THE 1
FEDERAL NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY 2
THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD UNDER THE ACT. 3

(C) (1) ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2026, AN EMPLOYER THAT RECEIV ES 4
$250,000 OR MORE IN STATE PUBLIC FUNDS AS PART OF A SINGLE TRANSACTION OR 5
CONTRACT WITH THE STATE SHALL, AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING THE FUNDS: 6

(I) AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE 7
EMPLOYER ARE SUBJECT TO THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL 8
LABOR RELATIONS ACT; 9

(II) AGREE NOT TO ENGAGE IN AN UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE AS 10
DESCRIBED UNDER 29 U.S.C. § 158; AND 11

(III) ACKNOWLEDGE THAT VIOLATION OF IT EM (II) OF THIS 12
PARAGRAPH MAY RESULT IN THE RECAPTURE OF STATE PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIVED, 13
UP TO THE FULL AMOUNT. 14

(2) IF AN EMPLOYER VIOLAT ES THE AGREEMENTS MA DE UNDER 15
PARAGRAPH (1)(I) OR (II) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE STATE MAY RECAPTURE THE 16
TOTAL AMOUNT OF STATE PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE EMPLOYER FOR UP TO 17
2 YEARS AFTER FULL DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUNDS. 18

(D) (1) IF AN EMPLOYEE BELIEV ES THAT AN EMPLOYER HAS VIOLATED 19
SUBSECTION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION, THE EMPLOYEE MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH 20
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 21

(2) AFTER RECEIVING A COM PLAINT FILED UNDER P ARAGRAPH (1) 22
OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL CONDUCT AN 23
INVESTIGATION. 24

(3) AFTER AN INVESTIGATIO N, IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 25
DETERMINES THAT THE EMPLOYER HAS VIOLATE D SUBSECTION (C)(1) OF THIS 26
SECTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BRING AN ACTION ON BEHALF OF THE 27
EMPLOYEE. 28

(4) IN AN ACTION BROUGHT UNDER THIS SECTION , THE ATTORNEY 29
GENERAL MAY SEEK: 30

(I) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; 31

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(II) UP TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF STATE PUBLIC FUNDS 1
RECEIVED BY THE EMPLOYER; OR 2

(III) ANY OTHER RELIEF THA T THE COURT DETERMINES 3
APPROPRIATE. 4

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 5
1, 2026. 6