MD SB978

Adds a statutory definition of "supervisory employee" to Maryland's community college collective bargaining law, requiring the employee have authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees

Requires supervisory employees to responsibly direct other employees for more than 50% of their working hours and have authority to address and resolve employee complaints

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

Clarifies which employees are excluded from collective bargaining units versus those who may participate in union representation

Takes effect July 1, 2026