State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - State Institutions of Higher Education
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SB 655 — State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - State Institutions of Higher Education
Last action — First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House of Delegates
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read SB 655 on the official Maryland source →Action History
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First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
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Third Reading Passed (32-11)
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Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Favorable with Amendments {257278/1 Report Adopted
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Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
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Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
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First Reading Finance
Sponsors
- Mathias · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 187 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Mathias
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 70% | 24% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (46)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Astle | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Nay |
| Brochin | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| DeGrange | — | Yea |
| Eckardt | — | Nay |
| Edwards | — | Nay |
| Hershey | — | Nay |
| Hough | — | Nay |
| Kasemeyer | — | Yea |
| Kelley | — | Yea |
| Klausmeier | — | Yea |
| Lee | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Robinson | — | Yea |
| Madaleno | — | Yea |
| Manno | — | Yea |
| Peters | — | Yea |
| Pinsky | — | Yea |
| Ramirez | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Cassilly | — | Nay |
| Conway | — | Not Voting |
| Norman | — | Not Voting |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| McFadden | — | Yea |
| Middleton | — | Yea |
| Nathan-Pulliam | — | Yea |
| Serafini | — | Nay |
| Waugh | — | Yea |
| Zirkin | — | Yea |
| Delegate Stephanie Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Bill Ferguson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Brian J. Feldman | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator C. Anthony Muse | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Cheryl C. Kagan | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Craig J. Zucker | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Guy Guzzone | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Jim Rosapepe | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Joanne C. Benson | Democrat | Yea |
| Senator Nancy J. King | Democrat | Yea |
| Delegate Teresa E. Reilly | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Bryan W. Simonaire | Republican | Nay |
| Senator J.B. Jennings | Republican | Nay |
| Senator Johnny Ray Salling | Republican | Not Voting |
| Senator Justin Ready | Republican | Nay |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 655?
- SB 655 is sponsored by Mathias.
- What is the current status of SB 655?
- This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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