State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track Faculty
Sponsor: Linda Foley (District 15)Committee: Government, Labor, and ElectionsSubject: State Government - PersonnelStatus: Rereferred to Finance (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Providing collective bargaining rights to nontenure track faculty of system institutions of higher education, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland whose primary assignments involve academic instruction, including teachers, researchers, and department heads and those in comparable positions; and establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for nontenure track faculty.
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Testimony (170)
MGA witness listFAV 150FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 12UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Wivell, Brianlobbyist | ATU Local 1300 | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Baker, Ray | Baltimore- DC Building Trades | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schumitz, Kalilobbyist | Maryland Center on Economic Policy | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mendelson, Lindseylobbyist | Maryland Sierra Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lemle, Paul | Maryland State Education Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cano, Christopherlobbyist | SEIU Local 500 | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sterner, Katherine | Towson University AAUP | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Accilien, Cécile | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ali, Asim | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Allen, Jonathan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Alonso, Diane | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Arsenjuk, Luka | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Aseltine, Elyshia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Auerbach, Jonathan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Baer, Hester | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bailey, Rachel | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Balachandran, Sharada | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Baldwin, Charles G. | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Baldwin, Melinda | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ball, Jared | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bazargan, Mohammad | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bell, Richard | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bennett, Robert | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bentahar, Ziad | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bernasconi, Jayne | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bernasconi, Jayne | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Birt, Robert | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bonner, Christopher | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Boston, Carthy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brooks, Jesse | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brown, Cheryl | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brown, Diamonté | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Burdinski, Kevin | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Callahan, Nicholas | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Casey, Maud | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chan, Joel | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chico, Tita | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chung, Patrick | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Coles, Kim | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Collins, Samuel | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cook-Hayes, Angelique | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Davis, Joshua | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Foley, Delegate Foleylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Doherty, Lillian | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dorner, Zachary | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dotson, Amanda | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Drabinski, Kate | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dunning, Claire | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Farcy, Benjamin | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fazzini, Lisa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Felder-Small, Pamela | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fellows, Andrew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fineberg, Keegan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Foley, Linda | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fouts, Sarah | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Galledari, Manizhe | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gaul, Anny | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gill, Harjant | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Goffin, Andrew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Goyens, Tom | Individual | Written (PDF) |
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Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy