# Maryland SB 0767: Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining

Maryland SB 0767, Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by M. Jackson; status signed, last action 2025-04-22 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 132); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maryland SB 0767
- State: Maryland
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Last action: 2025-04-22, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 132
- Sponsor: M. Jackson
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Courts and Court Personnel - Local, Arbitration -see also- Mediation, Calvert County, Collective Bargaining, Contracts -see also- Procurement, Correctional Officers, County Commissioners, Health Insurance -see also- ACA; HMOs; MCOs, Petitions, Salaries and Compensation -see also- Overtime; Reimb. Rates, Sheriffs, Unions, Voting -see also- Absentee and Mail-In Voting
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (150 yes, 27 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Calvert correctional deputies get no strike authority: cost, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, Calvert County's bargaining rules do not authorize covered correctional deputies to strike. This applies to full-time correctional deputies in the Sheriff's Office at major or below. The rule uses the definition of a strike in Maryland's state personnel law.
- Calvert deputies gain limited bargaining rights: mixed, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, eligible Calvert County Sheriff's Office deputies gain rights to organize and bargain over wages and benefits. Coverage includes full-time deputy sheriffs and correctional deputies at major or below. They can choose or remove an exclusive labor representative. Recognition…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: M. Jackson

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 108 | 27 | 5 |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 42 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-04-22: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 132
- 2025-04-07: Returned Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (108-27) (House)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed (House)
- 2025-04-04: Favorable Report by Appropriations (House)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing 3/26 at 2:30 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-26: Hearing canceled (House)
- 2025-03-19: Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (House)
- 2025-03-17: Referred Appropriations (House)
- 2025-03-17: Third Reading Passed (42-0) (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Favorable with Amendments {413725/1 Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance (Senate)
- 2025-02-01: Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: First Reading Finance (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enacted, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_132_sb0767t.pdf)
- Third Reading, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0767t.pdf)
- First Reading, 2025-01-31: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0767f.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed)
- HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed)
- SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed)
- HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law)
- HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed)

## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_132_sb0767t.pdf)
- [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0767t.pdf)
- [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0767f.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS)
- [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS)
- [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS)
- [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS)
- [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS)
- [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0767-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).