HB 211

State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants

Sponsor: Linda Foley (District 15)Committee: AppropriationsSubject: State Government - PersonnelStatus: First Reading Finance (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at a system institution, Morgan State University, or St Mary's College of Maryland; defining 'graduate assistant' as a graduate student at a system institution, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland who is a teaching, administrative, or research assistant, or in a comparable position, a fellow, or a postdoctoral intern; and establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for the graduate assistants.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 15FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 9Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Gobel, Christianlobbyist	AFSCME Maryland Council 3	Written (PDF)
FAV	Reynolds, Todd	AFT Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Foley, Alexandra	International Union, UAW	Oral
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Edwards, Donna	Maryland State & District of Columbia AFL-CIO	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Zwerling, Samanthalobbyist	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Matthew	NIH Fellows United	Oral
FAV	Lucker, Joshua	PHD Student	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cano, Christopherlobbyist	SEIU Local 500	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Malley, Isabel	University of Maryland Graduate Labor Union-UAW	Oral
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chatelaine, Haley	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Foley, Delegate Foleylegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Foley, Linda	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Majure, Lydia	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Garrison, Mark	Morgan State University	Oral
UNF	Wilson, President David	Morgan State University	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ownby, David	Towson University	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Wrynn, Alison	University System of Maryland	Oral
UNF	Roxas, Sherri	University System of Maryland Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Allen, Rondall	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Oral
UNF	Ward, Provost Roger	University of Maryland, Baltimore	Oral
UNF	Clark, Andy	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
FWA	Farris, Jaden	University System of Maryland Student Council	Written (PDF)
FWA	Farris, Jaden	University of Maryland Baltimore County Student Government Association	Written (PDF)