2026 Regular Session
HB141
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants at certain public institutions of higher education; defining "graduate assistant" as a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park or the University of Maryland, Baltimore County 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.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 18, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
98 yea–34 nay · 3 not voting · 6 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
29 yea–11 nay · 3 not voting · 4 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
95 yea–35 nay · 10 not voting · 1 absent
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
32 yea–11 nay · 3 not voting · 1 absent
Committee referrals
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Finance
January 14, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 774
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House Passed Enrolled View roll call
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Senate Third Reading Passed (32-11) View roll call
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Senate Conference Committee Report {153822/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Third Reading Passed (95-35) View roll call
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House Conference Committee Report {153822/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Beidle and Hershey)
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House Senate Refuses Recede
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Senate Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Beidle and Hershey)
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Senate Senate Refuses Recede
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Senate House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wells, Barnes and Solomon)
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Senate House Requests Senate Recede
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Senate House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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House House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wells, Barnes and Solomon)
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House House Requests Senate Recede
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House House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (29-11) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {433922/1 Adopted View roll call
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
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Senate Referred Finance
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House Third Reading Passed (98-34) View roll call
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House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Government, Labor, and Elections)
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House First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections and Appropriations
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House Pre-filed