HB1433 • 2026

Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining - Definition of Supervisory Employee

Labor

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Delegate McCaskill
Last action: 2026-03-27
Official status: In the Senate - Special Order until later today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining - Definition of Supervisory Employee

Defining, for purposes of collective bargaining in community colleges, the term "supervisory employee" to mean an employee who is authorized to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline employees, direct employees for 50% of the employee's working hours, and address employee complaints; and excluding from the definition a department head or an employee in a comparable position or any faculty member below the level of assistant dean.

What This Bill Does

Defining, for purposes of collective bargaining in community colleges, the term "supervisory employee" to mean an employee who is authorized to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline employees, direct employees for 50% of the employee's working hours, and address employee complaints; and excluding from the definition a department head or an employee in a comparable position or any faculty member below the level of assistant dean.

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Bill History

2026-04-13 Senate
Favorable Report by Finance
2026-03-27 Senate
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Hershey) Adopted
2026-03-25 Senate
Favorable
2026-03-25 Senate
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Corderman) Rejected
2026-03-25 Senate
Favorable Adopted
2026-03-25 Senate
Second Reading Passed
2026-03-23 Senate
Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-03-20 House
Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-03-11 House
Hearing canceled
2026-03-11 House
Hearing 3/11 at 1:35 p.m.
2026-03-09 House
Third Reading Passed (94-32)
2026-03-07 House
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
2026-03-06 Senate
Referred Finance
2026-02-19 House
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-13 House
First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
Maryland General Assembly
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Maryland General Assembly
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Official Summary Text

Defining, for purposes of collective bargaining in community colleges, the term "supervisory employee" to mean an employee who is authorized to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline employees, direct employees for 50% of the employee's working hours, and address employee complaints; and excluding from the definition a department head or an employee in a comparable position or any faculty member below the level of assistant dean.

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*hb1433*

HOUSE BILL 1433
F2 6lr2817
CF SB 978
By: Delegate McCaskill
Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
Assigned to: Government, Labor, and Elections
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 7, 2026

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Community Colleges – Collective Bargaining – Definition of Supervisory 2
Employee 3

FOR the purpose of defining the term “supervisory employee” for purposes of collective 4
bargaining in community colleges; and generally relating to collective bargaining. 5

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
Article – Education 7
Section 16–701(a), (j), and (o) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 10

BY adding to 11
Article – Education 12
Section 16–701(q) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17

Article – Education 18

16–701. 19

2 HOUSE BILL 1433

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 1

(j) (1) “Faculty” means employees whose assignments involve academic 2
responsibilities, including teachers and department heads. 3

(2) “Faculty” does not include officers, supervisory employees, confidential 4
employees, part–time faculty, or student assistants. 5

(o) (1) “Public employee” means an employee employed by a public employer. 6

(2) “Public employee” includes faculty and part –time faculty at the 7
Baltimore City Community College. 8

(3) “Public employee” does not include: 9

(i) Officers; 10

(ii) Supervisory or confidential employees; or 11

(iii) Student assistants. 12

(Q) (1) “SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEE” MEANS AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS 13
AUTHORITY TO: 14

(I) HIRE, TRANSFER, SUSPEND, LAY OFF, RECALL, PROMOTE, 15
DISCHARGE, ASSIGN, REWARD, OR DISCIPLINE EMPLOYEES; 16

(II) RESPONSIBLY D IRECT EMPLOYEES FOR MORE T HAN 50% 17
OF THE EMPLOYEE’S WORKING HOURS; AND 18

(III) ADDRESS AND RESOLVE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS. 19

(2) “SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEE” DOES NOT INCLUDE A DEPARTMENT 20
HEAD OR AN EMPLOYEE IN A COMPARABLE POSITION OR ANY FACULTY MEMBE R 21
BELOW THE LEVEL OF ASSISTANT DEAN. 22

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 23
1, 2026. 24