1 | State | Sponsored legislation | Legislation summary | Sponsors' partisan affiliation | Companion bill | Most recent committee assignment | Current status in legislative process | Current as of date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Arizona | SB1166 | This bill would prohibit public employers from spending public money on a union's political or lobbying activities. It would prohibit public employers from contracting with a public employee to perform a union's political or lobbying activities, and it would prohibit public employers from providing paid leave or other compensation to employees performing a union's political or lobbying activities. There is an exception for law enforcement and firefighters. | Republican | N/A | Senate Conference | Enacted | 4/6/2022 |
3 | California | AB158 | This trailer bill would provide for appropriations related to the budget, which included a proposed tax credit for union dues. | N/A | N/A | Senate Budget and Fiscal Review | Enacted | 9/29/2022 |
4 | California | AB2556 | This bill would change the time for a public agency to implement its final offer after mediation from 10 to 15 days after the factfinding panel has submitted its recommendation. It would also authorize a union to charge certain employees under the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act for the cost of requested representation if they decline union membership. | Democratic | N/A | Senate Appropriations | Enacted | 9/18/2022 |
5 | California | SB189 | This appropriations bill includes an ongoing proposal for the creation of a tax credit for union dues. | N/A | AB189 | Assembly Budget | Enacted | 6/30/2022 |
6 | California | SB931 | This bill would allow a union to bring a claim before the Public Employment Relations Board against a public employer allegedly in violation of California Government Code Section 3550 and would set civil penalties for violations. Section 3550 prohibits public employers from discouraging union membership. | Democratic | N/A | Assembly Appropriations | Enacted | 9/29/2022 |
7 | Colorado | SB230 | This bill would give certain county employees the right to organize and bargain collectively beginning in 2023. | Democratic | N/A | House Appropriations | Enacted | 5/27/2022 |
8 | Illinois | HB5107 | This bill would define educational supervisors (e.g., principals and assistant principals) as educational employees for the purpose of collective bargaining. The bill would not allow educational supervisors in positions requiring an administrative license to strike. The bill would only apply to districts organized under Article 34 of the Illinois School Code, which applies to cities with a population of more than 500,000. | Democratic | N/A | House Labor & Commerce | Enacted | 2/10/2023 |
9 | Indiana | SB0297 | This bill would amend the language of the authorization form school employees must sign before union dues may be deducted from their pay. | Republican | N/A | House Employment, Labor and Pensions | Enacted | 3/7/2022 |
10 | Maine | LD449 | Existing law requires public employers and collective bargaining agents to meet within 10 days of receiving written notice of a request for a bargaining meeting. This only applies if the parties have not otherwise agreed in an earlier contract. This bill would eliminate that exception. | Democratic | N/A | Labor and Housing | Enacted | 5/8/2022 |
11 | Maryland | HB90 | This bill would extend collective bargaining rights to the deputy public defender, district public defenders, and assistant public defenders. | Democratic | SB255 | Senate Finance | Enacted | 4/9/2022 |
12 | Maryland | HB580 | This bill would extend collective bargaining rights to Maryland Transit Administration Police sergeants and supervisors. | Democratic | SB475 | Senate Finance | Enacted | 4/9/2022 |
13 | New Jersey | S3810 | This bill would expand the terms and conditions negotiable between government employers and public-sector unions to those that “intimately and directly affect employee work and welfare,” with certain exceptions. It would also allow a public-sector union to charge a non-dues-paying employee for the cost of representation in arbitration proceedings, and to decline to represent those who do not agree to pay. | Democratic | A5862 | Senate Budget and Appropriations | Enacted | 1/18/2022 |
14 | Oklahoma | SB1579 | This bill would allow school boards to grant unpaid leaves of absence for employees to hold office in an employee association if certain criteria are met. An employee organization would be required to comply with this law in order to be recognized as the representative of a bargaining unit. | Republican | N/A | House Common Education | Enacted | 4/29/2022 |
15 | Washington | HB2124 | This bill, which would give state legislative branch employees the right to bargain collectively, would create an office of state legislative labor relations to "[e]xamine issues related to collective bargaining for employees of the house of representatives, the senate, and legislative agencies" and to "develop best practices and options for the legislature to consider in implementing and administering collective bargaining." A final report would be due to the legislature by October 1, 2023. No collective bargaining agreement could take effect until July 1, 2025. Employees would not be allowed to strike. | Democratic | N/A | Senate Ways & Means | Enacted | 3/31/2022 |