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SB 472

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State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Revisions and Budget Bill Appropriations

Sponsor: Benjamin F. Kramer (District 19)Committee: Budget and TaxationSubject: State Government - PersonnelStatus: Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the collective bargaining process for State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee all aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse, and providing that certain decisions of a neutral arbitrator are binding; requiring that each budget bill contain the appropriations necessary to implement all terms and conditions of employment in certain memoranda of understanding for the next ensuing fiscal year; etc.

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Testimony (16)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableUNF 8UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVKilpatrick, LancelobbyistAFSCME Council 3Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVJones, LauriceAFSCME Local 112Written (PDF)
FAVPittman, SteuartAnne Arundel County ExecutiveWritten (PDF)
FAVGreenberg, JoshuaBaltimore CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVEdwards, DonnaMaryland State and DC AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Kramer, Senator KramerlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWright, DavidlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFWestervelt, PatriciaMaryland Department of TransportationWritten (PDF)
UNFCypress, MichelleMorgan State UniversityWritten (PDF)
UNFYates, AnnaSt. Mary's College of MarylandWritten (PDF)
UNFCooperman, HarrietState Higher Education Labor Relations BoardOral
UNFSteyer, RichardState Labor Relations BoardOral
UNFFranzoni, ChristopherState Labor Relations BoardsOral
UNFskolnik, carolynUniversity System of MarylandWritten (PDF)
UNFSnipes, EricaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
INFOWilkins, BarbaraIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKilpatrick, LanceAFSCME Council 3Registered for: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
FAVWright, DavidRegistered for: AFSCME Council 3