Question 1: State Employee Collective Bargaining and Budget Amendment

A "yes" vote supports this amendment to:

• require the governor's budget to provide for expenditures necessary to implement the terms and conditions of employment, including wages, hours, fringe benefits, and health benefits, agreed to in each memorandum of understanding (MOU) or binding arbitration between the state, state institutions of higher education, the Maryland Environmental Service (MES), and their respective state employees and

• provide for the statutory changes to collective bargaining for state employees, including requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator and establishing a binding arbitration process.

A "no" vote opposes requiring the governor's budget to provide for expenditures for wages, hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment provided by a memorandum of understanding covering state employees, and providing for statutory changes to the collective bargaining process for state employees.