MD HB1433

Adds a new statutory definition of "supervisory employee" for community college collective bargaining purposes in Maryland Education Article Section 16-701

Defines supervisory employee as someone with authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline employees; responsibly direct employees for more than 50% of working hours; and address and resolve employee complaints

Explicitly excludes department heads, employees in comparable positions, and any faculty member below the level of assistant dean from the supervisory employee classification

Clarifies which employees are excluded from collective bargaining units versus those eligible to participate

Takes effect July 1, 2026