Ballot measure · Maryland · November 3, 2026

Question 1

Title as the state lists it: Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 20261,2,3,4

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

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A yes vote

A yes vote would require the governor's yearly budget to include the money needed to carry out each labor agreement with State employees, including those at public universities, whether its terms were agreed to or set by binding arbitration, and to list the pay and benefit changes in those agreements.1,2

A no vote

A no vote would leave the budget section of the constitution as it is, with no constitutional requirement that the governor's budget include the money for State employee labor agreements or for terms set by binding arbitration.1,2

More about it

The General Assembly passed this amendment as Chapter 155 (House Bill 604) of 2026, and it would change Article III of the constitution.1,3

§2How it got on the ballot

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3,4

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3,4

It is on Maryland's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,3,4,5,6 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Maryland's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

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A majority of the votes on it. The amendment passes if more than half of the votes cast on it are in favor.7 Art. XIV, § 1