SB 253 — Maryland
Baltimore County Public Library - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees
Authorizing supervisory employees of the Baltimore County Public Library to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; authorizing certain bargaining units for the employees of the Baltimore County Public Library; and altering certain provisions to provide that an employee may be deemed a certain management employee, rather than a supervisory employee, under certain circumstances.
Latest action: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 756 · May 26, 2026
Synopsis written by the legislature's own staff, as published on the official bill page. Status label is derived from the recorded actions. The full text below is the record.
Committees: Finance (Senate); Government, Labor, and Elections (House of Delegates)
Cross-filed with HB 388 — the companion bill in the other chamber, as the legislature links it. Each bill keeps its own votes and status; they are never combined here.
Updated Jun 4, 2026
Timeline
First Reading Finance
Jan 16, 2026 · Senate
Hearing 1/29 at 3:00 p.m.
Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Favorable Report by Finance
Feb 16, 2026 · Senate
Favorable Adopted
Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Second Reading Passed
Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Feb 19, 2026 · Senate
Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
Feb 20, 2026 · House of Delegates
Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
Mar 26, 2026 · House of Delegates
Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
Apr 3, 2026 · House of Delegates
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
Apr 3, 2026 · House of Delegates
Third Reading Passed
Apr 8, 2026 · House of Delegates
Returned Passed
Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 756
May 26, 2026 · executive
Sponsored by Shelly Hettleman
Senate vote — 43–0
On Third Reading · Feb 14, 2026 · result: pass
43 yea · 0 nay · 4 absent, excused, abstain or not voting
House of Delegates vote — 96–31
On Third Reading · Mar 22, 2026 · result: pass
96 yea · 31 nay · 14 absent, excused, abstain or not voting
How we know this
Every line above comes from the Maryland General Assembly record via Open States. The motion text is shown as recorded, so a procedural vote (to amend, refer or reconsider) is not read as a vote on the bill itself. The source does not say which text version each vote was on; every version is linked below.
Official records. Maryland legislators, bills and roll-call votes from the Maryland General Assembly, imported through Open States on Oct 29, 2026. Accuracy review against the official site is still under way. Campaign-finance records for Maryland are not imported yet.