Maryland Question 1 — Constitutional Amendment (Ch. 155 of 2026): Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026

What it does

Providing that each budget submitted by the Governor shall include proposed expenditures necessary to implement wages, hours, fringe benefits, health benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment in each collective bargaining memorandum of understanding with State employees, whether the State and State employees reached those terms and conditions by mutual agreement or through a neutral decider's order. (Amending Article III of the Maryland Constitution)

A YES vote means

The Governor's proposed budget would have to fund State-employee collective bargaining agreements, whether their terms were negotiated or set by a neutral decider's order.

A NO vote means

The current law on funding agreements between the State and its employees would stay the same.

Needed to pass

A simple majority

Put on the ballot by

the Legislature

Official text: source

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