---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations"
description: "State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Maryland SB 231 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-10-14"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/150c9e6b-0381-4dc6-9b3b-ab5cd6219650"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0231?ys=2025RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0dc09605e5c35f29ecfe9d2f530f958f328d9a039259c05ec52a55c863350357"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 231 (2025) — State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_607_sb0231t.pdf)
2. **First - State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0231f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0231t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **112–26** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **35–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chair, Finance Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-10-14** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** Hearing 1/16 at 3:00 p.m.
- **2025-01-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2025-01-30** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-01-31** Referred Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2025-03-26** Hearing canceled
- **2025-03-26** Hearing 3/26 at 2:30 p.m.
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Report by Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Returned Passed
- **2025-05-20** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/150c9e6b-0381-4dc6-9b3b-ab5cd6219650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).