Bill > HB582

Introduced Session

Labor and employment; collective bargaining; employees of counties, cities, and towns. Permits counties, cities, and towns to adopt local ordinances authorizing them to (i) recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of any public officers or employees, except for Constitutional officers and their employees, and including public school employees and (ii) collectively bargain or enter into any collective bargaining contract with any such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to them or their employment. The bill provides that for any governing body of a county, city, or town that has not adopted an ordinance or resolution providing for collective bargaining, such governing body is required, within 120 days of receiving certification from a majority of public employees in a unit considered by such employees to be appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, to take a vote to adopt or not adopt an ordinance or resolution to provide for collective bargaining by such public employees and any other public employees deemed appropriate by the governing body. The bill provides that the prohibition against striking for public employees applies, irrespective of any such local ordinance. The bill has a delayed effective date of May 1, 2021.

Committee Categories

Lamont Bagby (D)*,  Elizabeth Guzmán (D)*,  Jeion Ward (D)*,  Lashrecse Aird (D),  Alex Askew (D),  Hala Ayala (D),  Jeffrey Bourne (D),  Jennifer Carroll Foy (D),  Lee Carter (D),  Josh Cole (D),  Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D),  Karrie Delaney (D),  Eileen Filler-Corn (D),  Wendy Gooditis (D),  Nancy Guy (D),  C.E. Hayes (D),  Dan Helmer (D),  Stephen Heretick (D),  Charniele Herring (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Sally Hudson (D),  Chris Hurst (D),  Clinton Jenkins (D),  Jay Jones (D),  Mark Keam (D),  Kaye Kory (D),  Paul Krizek (D),  Mark Levine (D),  Joseph Lindsey (D),  Alfonso Lopez (D),  Delores McQuinn (D),  Michael Mullin (D),  Kenneth Plum (D),  Sam Rasoul (D),  David Reid (D),  Danica Roem (D),  Ibraheem Samirah (D),  Don Scott (D),  Mark Sickles (D),  Marcus Simon (D),  Shelly Simonds (D),  Suhas Subramanyam (D),  Kathy Tran (D),  Schuyler VanValkenburg (D),  Rodney Willett (D), 

Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1209) (on 04/22/2020)

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