TESTIMONIES: 2021 Legislative Session

HB 1002 – UI – Revisions and Required Study

• HB 1002 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) UI – Revisions and Required Study
• X HB 1002 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Unemployment Insurance Revisions and Special Enrollment
• HB 1002 – AFSCME 3

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HB 1007 (SB 810) – RPS Geothermal

• HB 1007 – Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA Local 486)

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HB 1012 – BWI Right to Reinstatement Act

• HB 1012 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) BWI Right to Reinstatement Act
• HB 1012 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – Notes for Testimony on HB 1012
• HB 1012 – AFSCME Local 2380 (Montgomery College Staff Union)
• HB 1012 – SMART-Transportation Division

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HB 1048 – Permanent Absentee Ballot List

• HB 1048 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Election Law – Permanent Absentee Ballot List

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 HB 1084 – Immunity from Civil Liability

• HB 1084 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Immunity from Civil Liability – OPPOSE

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HB 1106 – Immunity from Civil Liability – owner tenant

• HB 1106 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Immunity from Civil Liability – OPPOSE

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HB 1199 (SB 813) – WC – Occupational Disease Presumptions – COVID-19

• HB 1199 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Workers Compensation – SUPPORT
• SB 813 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Workers Compensation – SUPPORT
• HB 1199 – IBEW Local 24

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HB 1204 – Transportation Equity

• HB 1204 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – SUPPORT w/AMENDMENTS

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HB 1237 (SB 908) – Memorandum of Understanding for State Personnel

• HB 1237 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) MOU for State Personnel
• HB 1237 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – Notes on Bill Writing HB 1237
• SB 908 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) MOU for State Personnel - SUPPORT
• HB 1237 – AFM Local 40-543
• HB 1237 – ATU Local 689
• HB 1237 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)
• HB 1237 – EAS Regional Council of Carpenters
• HB 1237 – IATSE Local 487
• HB 1237 – IBEW Local 24
• HB 1237 – IBEW Local 26 Retirees
• HB 1237 – Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
• HB 1237 – SEIU Maryland & DC State Council
• HB 1237 – SMART-Transportation Division

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HB 124 – OSHA – Aerosol Transmissible Diseases and COVID-19

• HB 124 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) OSHA – Aerosol – SUPPORT
• MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – Petition for Maryland COVID ETS
• HB 124 – Health Professionals for Worker COVID Protections – Scott Schneider

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HB 13 – CB – Prohibition on Use of Public Funds and Income Tax Modification

• HB 13 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) - Collective Bargaining – SUPPORT
• X HB 13 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – Collective Bargaining – SUPPORT
• HB 13 – AFSCME 3

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HB 1321 – Right to Work

PEOPLE:

• Jennifer Andrzejewski
• Kevin Devogel
• Members of IBEW Local 24
• Rev. Dr. Michael Szpak
• Warren Pointer

UNIONS WHO SUBMITTED:

• AFT Local 340_Baltimore Teachers Union
• IBEW Local 26 - George Hogan
• IBEW Local 26 – James Thrower
• IBEW Local 26 – Tom Clark
• SEIU Maryland & DC State Council

TESTIMONIES:

HB 1321 – Right to Work

• HB 1321 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – OPPOSE
• HB 1321 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Notes on Bill Writing HB 1321
• MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Right to Work Fact Sheet
• HB 1321- AFM Local 40-543
• HB 1321 – AFSCME Local 2380 (Montgomery College Staff Union)
• HB 1321 – AFSCME Maryland Council 67
• HB 1321 – AFT-MARYLAND
• HB 1321 – ATU Local 689
• HB 1321 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)
• HB 1321 – EAS Regional Council of Carpenters #423
• HB 1321 – Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) – Baltimore Chapter
• HB 1321 – CWA Local 2107
• HB 1321 – CWA Local 2108
• HB 1321 – IAMAW District 4
• HB 1321 – IATSE Local 487 – Jim Gilchrist
• HB 1321 – IATSE Local 487 – David O’Ferrall
• HB 1321 – TWU Local 913, IATSE
• HB 1321 – IBEW Local 24
• HB 1321 – IBEW Local 307
• HB 1321 – IBEW International – Fourth District
• HB 1321 – Insulators Local 24
• HB 1321 – IUOE Local 37
• HB 1321 – IUPAT District Council 51
• HB 1321 – LIUNA-Baltimore/Washington District Council
• HB 1321 – Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association (UA)
• HB 1321 – Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
• HB 1321 – National Nurses United (NNU)
• HB 1321 – SAG-AFTRA
• HB 1321 – SMART Local 100
• HB 1321 – SMART-Transportation Division
• HB 1321 – UA Local 602
• HB 1321 – UAW MD State CAP
• HB 1321 – UFCW Local 1994 (MCGEO)
• HB 1321 – UNITE HERE Local 7
• HB 1321 – USW District 8

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HB 1326 (SB 727) – Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Revisions and Public Health Emergency Leave

• HB 1326 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) MHWFA – SUPPORT
• HB 1326 – IBEW Local 24

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HB 153 and HB 274 – Election Law – Elections by Mail

• HB 153/HB 274 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Elections by Mail – SUPPORT

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HB 165 – Maryland Estate Tax – Unified Credit

• HB 165 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Maryland Estate Tax – SUPPORT

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HB 168 (SB 552) – Motor Vehicle Insurance Use of Credit History

• HB 168 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Motor Vehicle Insurance – SUPPORT

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HB 172 – Corporate Income Tax – Combined Reporting

• HB 172 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Combined Reporting – SUPPORT

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HB 174 (SB 95) – Investor-Owned Utilities – Prevailing Wage

• HB 174 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – Investor-Owned Utilities – SUPPORT
• SB 95 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – Investor-Owned Utilities – SUPPORT
• HB 174 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)

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HB 176 – EITC – Calculation and Refundability

• HB 176 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Earned Income Tax Credit – SUPPORT

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HB 179 – Subtraction Modification – Union Dues

• HB 179 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Subtraction Modification
• HB 179 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Notes on Bill Writing HB 179
• HB 179 – 1199SEIU-UHW-E
• HB 179 – AFM Local 40-543
• HB 179 – AFSCME 3
• HB 179 – Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans
• HB 179 – ATU Local 1300
• HB 179 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)
• HB 179 – CWA Local 2107
• HB 179- CWA Local 2108
• HB 179 – Education Association of Charles County (EACC)
• HB 179 – EAS Regional Council of Carpenters
• HB 179 – IATSE Local 22
• HB 179 – IATSE Local 487 – David O’Ferrall
• HB 179 – IBEW Local 24
• HB 179 – IBEW Local 26
• HB 179 – IBEW Local 307
• HB 179 – Ironworkers Local 5
• HB 179 – Ironworkers Local 568
• HB 179 – IUEC Local 10
• HB 179 – IUOE Local 37
• HB 179 – IUOE Local 99 – Brandt
• HB 179 – IUOE Local 99 – Ruppert
• HB 179 – IUOE Local 99 - Stack
• HB 179 – IUOE Local 99 - Barile
• HB 179 – Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association (UA)
• HB 179 – SAG-AFTRA
• HB 179 – SMART Local 100
• HB 179 – SMART-Transportation Division
• HB 179 – Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA Local 486)
• HB 179 – Plumbers and Gasfitters (UA Local 5)
• HB 179 – UA Local 602
• HB 179 – UFCW Local 1994 (MCGEO)
• HB 179 – UFCW Local 27

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HB 20 – MSA – Applicability of Prevailing Wage

• HB 20 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Maryland Stadium Authority – SUPPORT
• HB 20 – IBEW Local 24
• HB 20 – Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association (UA)

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HB 201 – Income Tax Rates – Capital Gains Income

• X HB 278 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) - SUPPORT
• HB 278 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades
• Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy – WHO PAYS 2018 - Maryland

HB 656 – EV CENTERS – ACCESSIBILITY BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:

• HB 656 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Early Voting Centers – SUPPORT
• X HB 656 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Early Voting Centers – SUPPORT
• HB 201 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Capital Gains Income

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HB 221 – Use of Credit History in Auto Insurance

• HB 221 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Use of Credit History – SUPPORT
• X HB 221 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Use of Credit History – SUPPORT

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HB 229 – Corporate Income Tax – Throwback Rule

• HB 229 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Corporate Income Tax – SUPPORT

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HB 251 (SB 244) – MD Funding Accountability and Transparency Act

• HB 251 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Funding Accountability – SUPPORT
• SB 244 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Funding Accountability – SUPPORT

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HB 262 (SB 113) – Opportunity Zone Tax Deduction Reform Act of 2021

• HB 262 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Opportunity Zone Tax – SUPPORT
• SB 113 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Opportunity Zone Tax – SUPPORT

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HB 298 (SB 83) – PSC Consideration of Climate and Labor

• HB 298 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) PSC Consideration – SUPPORT
• SB 83 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) PSC Consideration – SUPPORT

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HB 32 – Cannabis – Legalization and Regulation

• HB 32 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Cannabis – SUPPORT w/AMENDMENT

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HB 330 – Effective Corporate Tax Rate Transparency Act of 2021

• HB 330 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Effective Corporate Tax Rate – SUPPORT

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HB 350 – Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (MHWFA) – Verification

• HB 350- MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) MHWFA – OPPOSE

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HB 357 – Pass-through Entity – Additional Tax

• HB 357 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Income Tax – Pass-through Entity – SUPPORT

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HB 37 (SB 35) – Prevailing Wage – Applicability

• HB 37 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Prevailing Wage – SUPPORT
• SB 35 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Prevailing Wage – Applicability – SUPPORT

• HB 37 – IBEW Local 24
• HB 37 – Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA Local 486) – G. Jackson-Amended
• HB 37 – Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA Local 486) – G. Jackson
• HB 37 – Talking Points from Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)
• SB 35 – IBEW Local 24
• SB 35 – Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA Local 486) – G. Jackson

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HB 374 – CBA – BCCC – Faculty

• HB 374 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Collective Bargaining – SUPPORT

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HB 40 – Geothermal Study Work Group

• HB 40 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Geothermal – SUPPORT
• HB 40 – Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association (UA)
• HB 40 – Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA Local 486) G. Jackson

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HB 419 (SB 460) – Advanced Clean Energy (ACE and CEIII)

• HB 419 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Advanced Clean Energy – SUPPORT
• SB 460 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Advanced Clean Energy – SUPPORT

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HB 435 – Millionaire’s Tax

• HB 435 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Millionaire’s Tas – SUPPORT

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HB 45 (SB 138) – CBA – Baltimore County Public Library

• HB 45 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Baltimore County Public Library – SUPPORT
• SB 138 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Baltimore County Public Library – SUPPORT
• HB 45 – County Executive Support Letter – Baltimore County Public Library
• SB 138 – County Executive Support Letter – Baltimore County Public Library

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HB 486 (SB 09) – State Employees – DBA – University

• HB 486 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) State Employees – SUPPORT
• SB 09 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) State Employees – SUPPORT
• HB 486 – AFSCME 3

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HB 492 – Movement of Freight – Required Crew

• Bullet Points – Two Person Crew Legislation
• HB 492 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Movement of Freight – SUPPORT
• HB 492 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Unified Support Testimony from Labor
• HB 492 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Notes on Bill Writing HB 492
• HB 492 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) RESOLUTION 12
• X HB 492 – Combined Labor Union Testimony - SUPPORT
• X HB 492 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – SUPPORT
• HB 492 – AFM Local 40-543 (BMU)
• HB 492 – ATU Local 689
• HB 492 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)
• HB 492 – CWA Local 2107
• HB 492 – CWA Local 2108
• HB 492 – EAS Regional Council of Carpenters
• HB 492 – IBEW Local 24
• HB 492 – IUEC Local 10
• HB 492 – IUPAT District Council 51
• HB 492 – Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association (UA)
• HB 492 – Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
• HB 492 – SMART Local 100
• HB 492 – UA Local 602
• HB 492 – UAW MD State CAP

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HB 509 – 9-1-1 Classification as First Responders

• HB 509 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) 9-1-1 Classification as First Responders

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HB 520 – Geothermal on State Buildings

• HB 520 – Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA Local 486) and MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed)

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HB 56 (SB 473) – Bereavement Leave

• HB 56 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Bereavement Leave – SUPPORT
• SB 476 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Bereavement Leave – SUPPORT

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HB 565 (SB 514) – Medical Debt

• SB 514 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Medical Debt Protection
• MD Health Services Cost Review Commission 1420 report – RESOURCE

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HB 581 (SB 486)  - Maryland Essential Workers Protection Act (MEWPA)

 TALKING POINTS:

• MEWPA Problems & Solutions
• MEWPA State Comparison
• MEWPA Summary
• OPPOSITION – Essential Worker Benefits Summary

 TESTIMONIES:

• HB 581 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act
• HB 581 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Notes on Bill Writing HB 581
• SB 486 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act

• HB 581 – AFM Local 40-543
• HB 581 – CWA Local 2107
• HB 581 – IBEW Local 24
• SB 486 – AFM Local 40-543
• SB 486 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)
• SB 486 – CWA Local 2107
• SB 486 – IBEW Local 24

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HB 613- Prince George’s County Stop Coal and Gas

• HB 613 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) - Prince George’s County Stop Coal and Gas – OPPOSE

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HB 64 – Handwashing

• HB 64 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Handwashing Facilities on Construction Sites
• HB 64 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)
• HB 64 – IBEW Local 24
• HB 64 – Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA Local 486) G. Jackson

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HB 837 (SB 566) – Collective Bargaining – Maryland School for the Deaf

• HB 837 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) CB – Maryland School for the Deaf
• SB 566 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) CB – Maryland School for the Deaf

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HB 85 (SB 651) – WC – PPD – Detention and Correctional Officers

• HB 85 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) WC – PPD – Detention and Correctional Officers
• SB 651 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) WC – PPD – Detention and Correctional Officers

• HB 85 – AFT-MARYLAND

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HB 894 (SB 746) – Collective Bargaining – Community Colleges

• HB 894 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Collective Bargaining – Community Colleges
• SB 746 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) CB – Community Colleges - SUPPORT

• SB 746 – AFSCME Local 2380 (Montgomery College Staff Union)

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HB 913 – Collective Bargaining – CCBC – Faculty

• HB 913 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) CB – CCBC – Faculty – SUPPORT

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HB 923 (SB 728) – Injury and Illness Prevention Program

• HB 923 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – SUPPORT
• SB 728 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – SUPPORT

• HB 923 – AFSCME
• HB 923 – AFSCME 3 - Injury and Illness Prevention – FACT Sheet
• HB 923 – SMART – Transportation
• HB 923 – Injury and Illness Prevention – SPONSOR Testimony

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HB 986 (SB 806) – Workplace Fraud Act – Rebuttal Presumption

• HB 986 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – SUPPORT  

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HB 996 (SB 763) – Healthy Food Accountability Act of 2021

HB 996 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) Letter to ECM supporting HB 996

SB 763 – MD DC AFL-CIO (State Fed) – SUPPORT  

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AFFILIATE BILLS WITH TESTIMONY:  

HB 173 (SB 433) – Community Colleges – State Funding – Revisions

• SB 433 – AFSCME 3  

HB 196 – Fracking Prohibition on Export

• HB 196 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)

HB 02 – MES Reform Act of 2021

• HB 02 – AFSCME 3

HB 44 – Clean Cars Act

• HB 44 – IBEW Local 24 - Support

HB 463 – Maryland Health Equity Resource Act

• HB 463 – AFSCME 3

HB 467 – RPS – Hydroelectric Power

• HB 467 – IBEW Local 24

HB 520 – Geothermal Energy Systems - Requirement

• HB 520 – Mid-Atlantic Pipe Trades Association (UA)

HB 673 (SB 542) – State Health Care Facilities – Alternative Workweeks

• HB 673 – AFSCME 3

HB 704 – Maryland Stop the Maglev Act of 2021

• HB 704 – Baltimore-DC Building Trades (BDCBT)
• HB 704 – IBEW Local 24

HB 73 (SB 710) – Teleworking

• HB 73 – AFSCME Amendments
• HB 73 – United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1994 (MCGEO)

SB 144 – Electric Vehicles for Multifamily Units

• SB 144 – IBEW Local 24 – Support

SB 361 (HB 485) – PPP – Process and Oversight

• SB 361 – AFSCME 3

SB 380 (HB 122) – MD Office of Inspector General for DGS

• SB 380 – AFSCME 3

SB 433 – Community Colleges – State Funding Revisions

• SB 433 – AFSCME 3

SB 688 (HB 869) – P2P car sharing and short term rentals – alteration

SB 688 – AFSCME 3