1 | State | Bill number | BillTrack50 bill page | Legislation summary | Sponsors' partisan affiliation | Current status in legislative process | Most recent action | Date of most recent action | Companion bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Arkansas | SB473 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1611175/22304 | This bill would prohibit school districts from deducting union dues or fees from teachers' or classified employees' pay. | Republican | Enacted | Governor signed 4/12/2023; SB473 is now Act 776 | 4/12/2023 | N/A |
3 | California | AB1 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1500746/22305 | This bill would establish the "Legislature Employer-Employee Relations Act," which would allow certain state legislative employees to organize and bargain collectively. The act would go into effect on July 1, 2026. | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by the governor, chaptered by secretary of state (Chapter 313, Statutes of 2023) 10/7/2023 | 10/7/2023 | N/A |
4 | California | AB1484 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1579082/22305 | This bill would require temporary public employees hired to perform similar work to that of permanent public employees to be included in the same bargaining unit as permanent employees, upon the union's request. | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by the governor, chaptered by the secretary of state (Chapter 691, Statutes of 2023) 10/10/2023 | 10/10/2023 | N/A |
5 | Colorado | SB111 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1553561/22306 | This bill would give certain public employees the right to express views about union representation and workplace issues, engage in "protected concerted activity for the purpose of mutual aid or protection," participate in the political process while not at work, and join or not join a union. It would prohibit public employers from retaliating against employees for engaging in such activities. It would stipulate that the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is responsible for enforcement. | Democratic | Enacted | Governor signed 6/6/2023 | 6/6/2023 | N/A |
6 | Delaware | SB72 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1614120/22311 | As amended, this bill would allow union members to claim an itemized deduction for the annual cost of union membership, up to $500, with certain exceptions. | Democratic | Enacted | Signed by governor 8/31/2023 | 8/31/2023 | N/A |
7 | Florida | S0256 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1587365/22312 | This bill would require public employees who want to be union members to sign a membership authorization form including language specified in the bill. The bill would require unions to allow members to revoke membership at any time. The bill would prohibit public employers from collecting union dues from employees' pay. The bill would amend registration and renewal requirements for certified bargaining agents. Unions representing law enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and firefighters are excepted from the provisions of the bill. | Republican | Enacted | Chapter No. 2023-35 | 5/10/2023 | H1445 |
8 | Hawaii | HB1205 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1543252/22314 | This bill would stipulate that public employee unions are not required to provide grievance representation to members of the bargaining unit who do not pay dues, dues equivalents, or reasonable costs of representation. | Democratic | Enacted | Act 150, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). | 6/30/2023 | N/A |
9 | Illinois | HB1120 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1518335/22316 | This bill would require certified charter school contract renewals to include a union neutrality clause stating that the school agrees to be "neutral regarding the unionization of any of its employees ...," to provide "labor organization access at reasonable times...," and to recognize unions "through a majority card check verified by a neutral third-party arbitrator[.]" | Democratic | Enacted | Governor approved 8/4/2023; Public Act 103-0416 | 8/4/2023 | N/A |
10 | Indiana | SB0486 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1535698/ | This bill would repeal a requirement for school employers to discuss a list of specific topics with exclusive representatives. The bill would instead give school employers the option to discuss "any topic that significantly impacts a certificated employee's working conditions or impacts the educational quality of the school employer's students." | Republican | Enacted | Governor signed 5/4/2023 | 5/4/2023 | N/A |
11 | Kentucky | SB7 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1571596/22322 | As amended, this bill would prohibit public employers from deducting union dues or fees from public employee wages or assisting a union in collecting dues, fees, or related personal information. | Republican | Enacted | Delivered to secretary of state 3/29/2023 | 3/29/2023 | N/A |
12 | Maine | LD1095 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1594245/22318 | This bill would make an exception to the 10-day deadline for school administrative units and employee bargaining agents to meet for collective bargaining negotiations requested by the other party if there is a prior written contract agreeing otherwise, except that the bill would prohibit the enforcement of "explicit waivers of collective bargaining over wages, hours, working conditions and contract grievance arbitration." | Democratic | Enacted | Governor signed 5/17/2023 | 5/17/2023 | N/A |
13 | Maine | LD1588 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1618483/22318 | This bill would require public employers to provide personal contact information for all public employees to the union representing the bargaining unit within 30 days of a request from the union, up to four times a year, in addition to an existing requirement for public employers to provide unions with contact information for new employees. | Democratic | Enacted | Governor signed 7/27/2023 | 7/27/2023 | N/A |
14 | Maine | LD1922 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1627426/22318 | This bill would allow "[t]wo or more bargaining agents who are certified by the executive director of the board and who are members or affiliates of the same public employee organization ... [to] elect to merge." | Democratic | Enacted | Governor signed 6/20/2023 | 6/20/2023 | N/A |
15 | Maryland | HB2 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1514131/22319 | This bill would allow the "amount of union dues paid by an individual during the taxable year that were allowed as a deduction under § 162 of the Internal Revenue Code prior to January 1, 2018, without regard to the limitation imposed by § 67 of the Internal Revenue Code" to be subtracted from Maryland residents' federal adjusted gross income to determine residents' state adjusted gross income. | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 513 | 5/8/2023 | N/A |
16 | Maryland | HB637 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1558671/22319 | This bill would allow sworn deputy sheriffs and correctional deputies at the rank of sergeant and below to bargain collectively with their employers. The bill would not authorize such employees to strike. | Other | Enacted | Governor signed 5/16/2023 | 5/16/2023 | SB428 |
17 | Maryland | HB764 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1563363/22319 | This bill would allow either party to the collective bargaining agreement for Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission employees to request the appointment of a mediator-arbitrator. The bill would establish procedures for mediation-arbitration. | Other | Enacted | Governor approved 4/11/2023 | 4/11/2023 | N/A |
18 | Maryland | HB797 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1563392/22319 | This bill would allow either party to the collective bargaining agreement for Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission employees to request the appointment of a mediator-arbitrator. The bill would establish procedures for mediation-arbitration. | Other | Enacted | Approved by governor 5/8/2023 | 5/8/2023 | N/A |
19 | Maryland | HB984 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1567584/22319 | This bill, called the Public Employee Relations Act, would consolidate and amend public employee collective bargaining laws. It would stipulate rights and duties of employers, employees, and unions. The bill would establish the Public Employee Relations Board and repeal other existing boards. The bill would stipulate that public school employers, employees, and unions are subject to Title 21 of the State Government Article. | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by governor 4/24/2023 | 4/24/2023 | SB367 |
20 | Maryland | SB428 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1555806/22319 | This bill would allow sworn deputy sheriffs and correctional deputies at the rank of sergeant and below to bargain collectively with their employers. The bill would not authorize such employees to strike. | Other | Enacted | Governor signed 5/16/2023 | 5/16/2023 | HB637 |
21 | Maryland | SB610 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1561685/22319 | This bill would stipulate that a collective bargaining agreement covering teachers in a virtual school may include specific provisions accounting for the conditions and requirements of a virtual school. | Democratic | Enacted | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 804 | 5/28/2023 | N/A |
22 | Michigan | HB4004 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1521112/22325 | This bill would repeal a section of law prohibiting public employees from being required to join or financially support a union. The bill stipulates, “[T]his act or any other law of this state does not preclude a public employer from making an agreement with an exclusive bargaining representative … to require as a condition of employment that all other employees in the bargaining unit pay to the exclusive bargaining representative a service fee equivalent to the amount of dues uniformly required of members of the exclusive bargaining representative.” | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by governor 3/24/2023 | 3/24/2023 | N/A |
23 | Michigan | HB4230 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1596771/22325 | This bill would allow public employees to have contributions for union political funds deducted from their wages. | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by the governor 11/29/2023, filed with secretary of state 11/30/2023, assigned PA 243'23 | 11/30/2023 | N/A |
24 | Michigan | HB4233 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1596442/22325 | This bill would allow public school employers to collect union dues from employees' wages. | Democratic | Enacted | Filed with Secretary of State 7/27/2023, Assigned PA 114'23 | 7/27/2023 | N/A |
25 | Michigan | HB4234 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1596395/22325 | This bill would remove certain campaign finance limitations for labor organizations. The bill states, "A labor organization may make an independent expenditure in any amount advocating for the election or defeat of a candidate, or the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question and does not for this reason become a committee, but the labor organization is subject to the independent expenditure reporting requirements." | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by the governor 11/29/2023, filed with secretary of state 11/30/2023, assigned PA 244'23 | 11/30/2023 | N/A |
26 | Michigan | SB0169 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1596509/ | This bill would require public employers to provide certain contact information to the appropriate bargaining representative within 30 days of hiring a new employee. The bill would require public employers to provide each bargaining representative with certain employment and contact information for all public employees in the unit every 90 days. | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by the governor 11/29/2023, filed with secretary of state 11/30/2023, assigned PA 0236'23 | 11/30/2023 | N/A |
27 | Michigan | SB0185 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1606179/22325 | This bill would amend the definition of public employee in 1947 PA 336 to remove a possible exception for public school administrators and an exception for graduate student research assistants. | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by the governor 11/29/2023, filed with secretary of state 11/30/2023, assigned PA 0237'23 | 11/30/2023 | N/A |
28 | Minnesota | SF1384 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1562862/ | Before being amended, this bill would have allowed public employees to authorize payroll deductions for union dues and union political fund contributions. It would have required public employers to provide exclusive representatives with certain personnel data within 20 days of hiring a new employee, and every 120 days for all employees. The bill would also have required public employers to allow exclusive representatives access to meet with new employees, to contact employees on employer-issued email addresses, and to meet in employer facilities. Provisions related to public-sector unions were removed before the bill was presented to the governor. | Democratic | Enacted | Governor approved, secretary of state filed 5/26/2023 | 5/26/2023 | HF1522 |
29 | Missouri | HB402 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1502566/22328 | This bill would remove unions representing ambulance attendants, attendant drivers, and emergency medical technician paramedics from the definition of "public safety labor organization." | Republican | Enacted | Delivered to Secretary of State 7/6/2023 | 7/6/2023 | N/A |
30 | Nevada | SB264 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1602333/22331 | As amended, this bill would stipulate that civilian employees of metropolitan police departments “may be a member of an employee organization only if such employee organization is composed exclusively of civilian employees of a metropolitan police department.” | Democratic | Enacted | Approved by the governor 5/30/2023 | 5/30/2023 | N/A |
31 | Oklahoma | HB2026 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1534118/22341 | This bill would require the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to provide a state employee union with a monthly report of employees who have opted-in to union membership. | Republican | Enacted | Approved by governor 5/2/2023 | 5/2/2023 | N/A |
32 | Oregon | HB2573 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1512461/22342 | This bill would require the Employment Relations Board to develop procedures for the electronic preparation of authorizations designating bargaining representatives and for the electronic signing of those authorizations. | Democratic | Enacted | Governor signed 6/30/2023. Chapter 222, (2023 Laws): Effective date June 30, 2023. | 7/24/2023 | N/A |
33 | Oregon | HB2864 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1511958/22342 | This bill would allow unions to charge "reasonable fees and costs for representation that are unrelated to the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement" to non-union Department of Corrections employees, Oregon Corrections Enterprises employees, and parole or probation officers supervising adult offenders. | Democratic | Enacted | Governor signed 5/8/2023 | 5/8/2023 | N/A |
34 | Oregon | SB194 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1511786/22342 | This bill would exclude certain Oregon State Police employees from being defined as supervisory employees for collective bargaining purposes. | Democratic | Enacted | Effective date, January 1, 2024. | 5/26/2023 | N/A |
35 | Tennessee | HB0329 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1536534/22347 | As amended, this bill would prohibit local education agencies from deducting union dues from employee wages. | Republican | Enacted | Companion bill became Pub. Ch. 437 | 5/24/2023 | SB0281 |
36 | Tennessee | SB0281 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1534256/ | As amended, this bill would prohibit local education agencies from deducting union dues from employee wages. | Republican | Enacted | Governor signed 5/16/2023 | 5/16/2023 | HB0329 |
37 | Texas | SB736 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1562297/22348 | This bill would establish mandatory binding interest arbitration for fire departments serving a municipality of at least 1.9 million people. | Democratic | Enacted | Effective immediately 6/2/2023 | 6/2/2023 | N/A |
38 | Utah | HB0243 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1534817/22349 | This bill would stipulate that supervisors, managerial employees, and confidential employees are not included as public transit district employees for the purpose of collective bargaining. | Republican | Enacted | Governor signed in lieutenant governor's office for filing 3/23/2023 | 3/23/2023 | N/A |
39 | Washington | HB1122 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1507458/22352 | This bill would grant certain Washington management service members the right to bargain collectively. | Democratic | Enacted | Governor signed 4/20/2023. Effective date 1/1/2024. | 4/20/2023 | SB5141 |
40 | Washington | HB1200 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1513944/22352 | This bill would require public employers to provide exclusive bargaining representatives with information including employee name, date of hire, contact information, and employment and salary information within 21 business days of hiring a new employee in the bargaining unit. Information for every employee in the unit must be sent to the exclusive bargaining representative every 120 business days. | Democratic | Enacted | Governor signed 5/1/2023, effective date 7/23/2023 | 5/1/2023 | SB5273 |
41 | Washington | SB5238 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1513614/ | This bill would expand collective bargaining rights to certain student employees at Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Western Washington University, and The Evergreen State College, in addition to student employees at the University of Washington and Washington State University. | Democratic | Enacted | Effective date 4/20/2023. | 4/20/2023 | HB1291 |
42 | Wisconsin | AB28 | https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1568234/22354 | This bill would classify county jailers as protective occupation participants. The bill would stipulate that county jailers are general municipal employees unless a county is already treating county jailers as public safety employees when the bill goes into effect. However, if a county "raises a question concerning the appropriateness of including county jailers in a collective bargaining unit that includes public safety employees," county jailers may not be treated as public safety employees. | Bipartisan | Enacted | Published 4/7/2023 | 4/7/2023 | N/A |