HB 894

Education – Community Colleges – Collective Bargaining

Sponsor: haynesCommittee: AppropriationsSubject: Higher EducationStatus: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing collective bargaining rights for certain community college employees; establishing procedures for the selection and certification of an exclusive bargaining representative; establishing a cap of four on the number of bargaining units in each community college; requiring certain contracts and agreements entered into before September 1, 2022, to remain in effect until the agreement or contract expires; requiring the Governor to include certain amounts in the annual budget bill for Baltimore City Community College; etc.

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Testimony (55)

MGA witness list

FAV 49FavorableUNF 6Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Pittman, S.	AACo	Written (PDF)
FAV	Middleton, Glen	AFSCME Council 67	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gardner, Jan	Frederick County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Landers, Addison	Howard Community College	Written (PDF)
FAV	Prouty, Doug	MSEA	Oral
FAV	Meyer, Christopherlobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Oral
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zwerling, Samanthalobbyist	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Edwards, Donna	Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elrich, Marc	Montgomery County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ball, Calvin	Office of Howard County Executive Calvin Ball	Written (PDF)
FAV	Conner, Charleslobbyist	Office of the Baltimore County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Murek, Sally	Please Select	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dwyer, Jennifer	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Morrison, Pia	SEIU Local 500	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cavanagh, Terry	SEIU Maryland & DC State Council	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson, Michaellobbyist	UFCW Local 400	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stull, Eric	several	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bevelaqua, Joan	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bruno, Timothy	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clem, Nicole	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Collins-Cavanaugh, Daniel	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dawson, Marci	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Haynes, Delegate Hayneslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Diamond, Brendan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Houser-Archield, Nadene	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kambic, Mary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kassaye, Ermias	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lungociu, Kimberly	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mack, Jonn	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Miller, William	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Neuman, Linda	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Otten, Richard	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Paez, Linda	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pappas-Brown, Valeria	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Parks, Todd	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Paul, Cathrynlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pines, shea	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Riley, Deniselobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rocha, Janaina	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sage, Kathy	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sanchez, Jorge	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumaker, Richard	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Scott, Jereme	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stanik, Joseph	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Torres, Stephen	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tropin, Mitchell	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	jeter, Mary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	murrell, renee	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Moore, Sandra	Anne Arundel Community College	Written (PDF)
UNF	Murphy, Maureen	College of Southern Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	County, Dorchester	County Council	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sadusky, Dr. Bernard	Maryland Association of Community Colleges (MACC)	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Jabin, Drew	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Hoy, Murray	Wor-Wic Community College	Written (PDF)