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SB 84

Maryland Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: passed_upper. Latest action: April 17, 2026.

State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants.

Bill ID MD-2026-SB-84

Session 2026

Status passed_upper

Committee Finance; Government, Labor, and Elections; Appropriations

Senate passed_upper 2026-04-17

Education

Summary

Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student 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.

Sponsor

Senator Kramer

Official Source Back to Bills

Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
0000-00-00	Status	passed_upper
2026-01-14	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-04-17	Latest Action	In the House - Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)

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