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SENATE BILL 136
P4 6lr1397
(PRE–FILED)
By: Senators Kramer and Bailey
Requested: October 28, 2025
Introduced and read first time: January 14, 2026
Assigned to: Finance
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 12, 2026
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Collective Bargaining – Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission – Police 2
Officers 3
FOR the purpose of applying certain provisions of law governing collective bargaining for 4
State employees to certain police officers of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis 5
Commission; and generally relating to collective bargaining rights for police officers 6
of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 9
Section 3–102(a) and (b)(13) 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – State Personnel and Pensions 15
3–102. 16
(a) Except as provided in this title or as otherwise provided by law, this title 17
applies to: 18
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(1) all employees of: 1
(i) the principal departments within the Executive Branch of State 2
government; 3
(ii) the Maryland Insurance Administration; 4
(iii) the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; 5
(iv) the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency; 6
(v) the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, 7
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College; 8
(vi) the Comptroller; 9
(vii) the Maryland Transportation Authority who are not police 10
officers; 11
(viii) the State Retirement Agency; 12
(ix) the State Department of Education; 13
(x) the Maryland Environmental Service; 14
(xi) the Maryland School for the Deaf; and 15
(xii) the Office of the Public Defender; 16
(2) firefighters for the Martin State Airport at the rank of captain or below 17
who are employed by the Military Department; [and] 18
(3) all full–time Maryland Transportation Authority police officers at the 19
rank of first sergeant and below; AND 20
(4) POLICE O FFICERS WHO IN AN OF FICIAL CAPACITY ARE 21
AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ARRESTS AND ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, 22
AND CANNABIS COMMISSION. 23
(b) This title does not apply to: 24
(13) any employee described in subsection (a)(2) OR (4) of this section who 25
is a s upervisory, managerial, or confidential employee, as defined in regulations adopted 26
by the Secretary. 27
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 1
October July 1, 2026. 2
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.