---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collective Bargaining - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Police Officers"
description: "Collective Bargaining - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Police Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Maryland SB 136 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Kramer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-10-28"
last_action: "2026-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d826ea3b-618f-4a01-8a03-3154aee86c3b"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0136?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "1a8442c46f1ee38159ac1a812cfb80d78ecd7a7cd941fe7b79c8b66847561691"
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 136 (2026) — Collective Bargaining - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Police Officers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Collective Bargaining - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_65_sb0136t.pdf)
2. **First - Collective Bargaining - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0136f.pdf)
3. **Third - Collective Bargaining - Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Police Officers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0136t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **99–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Kramer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-28** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-02-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-02-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Referred Government, Labor, and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Report by Government, Labor, and Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2026-04-14** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d826ea3b-618f-4a01-8a03-3154aee86c3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).