Maryland Changes to Collective Bargaining for State Employees Amendment

Current assessment

Maryland adds arbitration and a governor-budget funding duty to existing bargaining; it is not an initial grant of bargaining rights.

What still needs an answer

• Read Chapter155 and fiscal note on legislature's retained budget authority.
• How much authority should a binding arbitrator have over public-employee compensation, compared with elected budget officials? We still need to pin down the powers each retains.

Source check and limits

Official HB0604 synopsis and chapter status checked. Local duty-to-bargain studies do not estimate arbitration effects; complete appropriation boundaries not yet audited.

Reference documents

• mgaleg.maryland.gov · source 1