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MD SB 28

enacted

Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did MD SB 28 pass?

Yes. MD SB 28 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-28): Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 156

What is MD SB 28 about?

MD SB 28 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026”.

Who sponsors MD SB 28?

Zucker, Rosapepe, Lewis Young and 5 others are the primary sponsors of MD SB 28.

Introduced
2025-09-24
Latest action
2026-04-28 — Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 156
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Zuckerprimary
  • Rosapepeprimary
  • Lewis Youngprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Hettlemanprimary
  • Guzzoneprimary
  • Augustineprimary
  • McCrayprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-28

    Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 156

    executive-signature

  2. 2026-04-10

    Returned Passed

  3. 2026-04-10

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  4. 2026-04-08

    Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-04-08

    Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-03-26

    Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.

  7. 2026-03-20

    Referred Government, Labor, and Elections

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-03-19

    Third Reading Passed

    passage

  9. 2026-03-18

    Second Reading Passed with Amendments

  10. 2026-03-18

    Favorable with Amendments {

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-03-18

    Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2026-02-05

    Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)

  13. 2026-01-14

    First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-09-24

    Pre-filed

    introduction

Versions

  • Chapter - Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026Compare
  • Third - Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026Compare
  • First - Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • On Third Reading (Const)

    2026-03-03 · pass · 34-11

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Feldman: yes
    • Hettleman: yes
    • Lewis Young: yes
    • Sydnor: yes
    • Attar: yes
    • Gile: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Love: yes
    • Waldstreicher: yes
    • Augustine: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • James: yes
    • McCray: yes
    • Washington, A.: yes
    • Beidle: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Kagan: yes
    • McKay: yes
    • Washington, M.: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Rosapepe: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Charles: yes
    • Henson: yes
    • Kramer: yes
    • Salling: yes
    • Zucker: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Hester: yes
    • Lam: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Bailey: no
    • Folden: no
    • Hershey: no
    • Mautz: no
    • Simonaire: no
    • Carozza: no
    • Gallion: no
    • Jennings: no
    • Ready: no
    • West: no
    • Corderman: no
    • Benson: absent
    • Muse: absent
  • On Third Reading (Const)

    2026-03-26 · pass · 99-34

    Member-level votes (141)
    • Speaker: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Johnson, S.: yes
    • Qi: yes
    • Taveras: yes
    • Acevero: yes
    • Ebersole: yes
    • Jones, D.: yes
    • Queen: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Addison: yes
    • Edelson: yes
    • Kaiser: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Terrasa: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Embry: yes
    • Kaufman: yes
    • Roberts: yes
    • Toles: yes
    • Amprey: yes
    • Fair: yes
    • Korman: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Bagnall: yes
    • Feldmark: yes
    • Lehman: yes
    • Rosenberg: yes
    • Valderrama: yes
    • Barnes: yes
    • Fennell: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Vogel: yes
    • Bartlett: yes
    • Foley: yes
    • Long, J.: yes
    • Ruff: yes
    • Watson: yes
    • Behler: yes
    • Forbes: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Ruth: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Bhandari: yes
    • Fraser-Hidalgo: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Sample-Hughes: yes
    • White Holland: yes
    • Boyce: yes
    • Ghrist: yes
    • McCaskill: yes
    • Schindler: yes
    • Wilkins: yes
    • Cardin: yes
    • Guyton: yes
    • Mireku-North: yes
    • Shetty: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Guzzone: yes
    • Moon: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Charkoudian: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Moreno: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Wims: yes
    • Clippinger: yes
    • Healey: yes
    • Odom: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Wolek: yes
    • Coley: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Palakovich Carr: yes
    • Solomon: yes
    • Woods: yes
    • Conaway: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Pasteur: yes
    • Spiegel: yes
    • Woorman: yes
    • Crosby: yes
    • Hornberger: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stein: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Crutchfield: yes
    • Ivey: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Ziegler: yes
    • Cullison: yes
    • Johnson, A.: yes
    • Pruski: yes
    • Stinnett: yes
    • Adams: no
    • Fisher: no
    • Jacobs: no
    • Morgan, M.: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Arentz: no
    • Grammer: no
    • Kipke: no
    • Morgan, T.: no
    • Stonko: no
    • Arikan: no
    • Griffith: no
    • Long, R.: no
    • Nawrocki: no
    • Szeliga: no
    • Baker: no
    • Hartman: no
    • Mangione: no
    • Nkongolo: no
    • Tomlinson: no
    • Beauchamp: no
    • Hinebaugh: no
    • McComas: no
    • Pippy: no
    • Valentine: no
    • Buckel: no
    • Howard: no
    • Metzgar: no
    • Reilly: no
    • Wivell: no
    • Chisholm: no
    • Hutchinson: no
    • Miller: no
    • Rose: no
    • Alston: not voting
    • Anderson: not voting
    • Boafo: not voting
    • Bouchat: not voting
    • Kerr: not voting
    • Ciliberti: absent
    • Jones, A.: absent
    • Young: absent

Related bills

  • Prior session: SB 288not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: HB 604

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