---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026"
description: "Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Maryland SB 28 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Guzzone", "Hettleman", "King", "Lewis Young", "McCray", "Rosapepe", "Zucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-09-24"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bf07929-43ec-4994-84e1-4c6676ff16ad"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0028?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "e11a2a56b9a970f9993ce1a1997f63c1463a15cbeed5bc297549e4c03f5f71b2"
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 28 (2026) — Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_156_sb0028t.pdf)
2. **First - Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0028f.pdf)
3. **Third - Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0028t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Const) — **34–11** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Const) — **99–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hettleman — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)
- Rosapepe — primary (person)
- Zucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-24** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Budget and Taxation and Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation)
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 156 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bf07929-43ec-4994-84e1-4c6676ff16ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).