Organization on the record
AFSCME Maryland Council 3
Bills
57
61 for · 4 against · 2 info
Got their outcome
34%
18 of 53 decided
Lobbyists hired
1
2024 to 2026
Reported lobbying spend
$100,543
compensation to lobbyists, all years on file
What this organization does in Annapolis
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Testimony history
2026 Regular Session46 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 45 Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 45 Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | FAV | Jones, Nicole | Did not advance |
| HB 90 Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 141 State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 155 Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 188 Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2026 | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 299 Fraud Prevention, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 444 Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 660 Public Libraries - State Library Resource Center - Funding | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 660 Public Libraries - State Library Resource Center - Funding | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 801 Income Tax - Addition Modifications - Business Stock Gains, Fines, Penalties, and Bonus Depreciation | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 828 State Board of Education - Membership - Employee of a County Board of Education | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 828 State Board of Education - Membership - Employee of a County Board of Education | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 831 Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 880 Maryland Income Tax - Decoupling From Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code - Depreciation and Business Interest Expenses | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 926 Income Tax – Individual Itemized Deductions – Alterations | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 930 Income Tax – Decoupling From Federal Changes – Education Expenses | FAV | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1080 Income Tax - Addition Modifications - Excluded Opportunity Fund Gains, Foreign-Derived Deduction Eligible Income, and Interest | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1154 Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing | INFOPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1173 State Procurement - Contractors and Vendors - Restrictions on Use of State Funds and Resources | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1185 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Personnel Management - Appeals of Disciplinary Suspensions PG/MC 104-26 | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 1185 Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Personnel Management - Appeals of Disciplinary Suspensions PG/MC 104-26 | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 1205 Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1254 Education - Public Schools - Service Contracts | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1356 Labor and Employment - Civic and Related Activities - Protection (Maryland Employee Civic Activity and Lawful Expression Protection Act) | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1480 Labor Law - Child Labor Penalties, Private Sector Employee Labor Relations, and State Employee Labor Standards | FWAPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1492 Collective Bargaining - Public Employees - Revocation of Certification and School and Library Employees' Right to Strike | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 1 Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 1 Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Face Coverings and Identification | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 3 Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2026 | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 60 Fraud Prevention, Prevailing Wage, and Living Wage - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 84 State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 224 Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 245 Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 410 Public Libraries - State Library Resource Center - Funding | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 410 Public Libraries - State Library Resource Center - Funding | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 417 Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 417 Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | FAV | Jones, Nicole | Enacted |
| SB 574 Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement | UNFPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 764 Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals - Report on Estimated Cost | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 764 Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals - Report on Estimated Cost | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 804 Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Revisions to Heat Stress Standards | UNFPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 831 Labor Law - Child Labor Penalties, Private Sector Employee Labor Relations, and State Employee Labor Standards | FWAPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 904 Education - Public Schools - Professional Development | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Passed both chambers |
| SB 908 Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing | INFOPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 922 Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
2025 Regular Session20 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 37 Declaration of Rights - Right to Organize | FWAPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 176 Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 176 Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| HB 211 State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1014 Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025 | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1096 Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1359 Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement | UNFPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| HB 1369 Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 26 Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 26 Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 166 State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 712 State Board of Education – Membership – Educational Support and Administrator Members | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 726 Cannabis Licensees - Bona Fide Labor Organizations and Labor Peace Agreements | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 727 Charles County – Student Bus Transportation Providers – Provider Displacement | UNFPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 767 Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Enacted |
| SB 812 Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System and State Police Retirement System - Line-of-Duty Catastrophic Injury Disability | FWAPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 828 Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Access, Guidance, and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act) | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Passed both chambers |
| SB 892 Education - Minimum Wage for Education Support Professionals | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SB 938 Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
| SJ 1 Ratifying the Federal Child Labor Amendment | FAVPDF | Gobel, Christianlobbyist | Did not advance |
2024 Regular Session1 appearances
| Bill | Position | Witness | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 705 Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act) | FAVPDF | Gilmore, Deniselobbyist | Enacted |
