HB0141 — State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants
Last action — Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2026. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 4 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
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.
Bill Text
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Read HB0141 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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Committee Report (House of Origin) — Favorable
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Third Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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First Reading (Opposite House)
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Second Reading (House of Origin) — Passed
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Hearing (Primary, House of Origin)
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First Reading (House of Origin)
Sponsors
- Delegate Linda Foley · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 187 not signed on · 44 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Delegate Linda Foley Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (187)
187 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 187 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 86 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Republican | 2 | 29 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 95 | 35 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 67% | 25% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (141)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 67% | 23% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (48)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 29 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 62% | 23% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (47)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 88 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Republican | 2 | 29 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 98 | 34 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 70% | 24% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (141)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB0141 do?
- 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.
- Who sponsors HB0141?
- HB0141 is sponsored by Delegate Linda Foley (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB0141?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2026. Enacted.
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